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Initial snapshots of GOP candidates on LGBT issues: ‘Confuse everybody’
Studies have shown that only about one-third of LGBT Americans vote Republican, but there’s realistic chance a Republican will win the White House in 2016, so LGBT people need to pay attention to who might take the GOP nomination. The
Speed Read: Damned to hell
The state's final witness yesterday in a trial over Michigan's law banning same-sex couples from marrying told the court he thinks gays are eternally damned to hell. An Arizona state senator came out as gay this week. Four more men
Speed Read: ‘One stroke of his pen’
When President Obama promised to start using his authority to sign executive orders to get things done in Washington, NGLTF Executive Director Rea Carey reminded him that the LGBT community has been pleading for an executive order to ban discrimination
Concerted effort underway to get more Republicans behind ENDA
Now that Congress has a little breathing room to discuss legislation beyond the budget, groups hoping to advance bills to help their cause are pushing hard to move their bills to the floor.
Despite contrast, LGBT vote is likely to split 3 to 1 as usual
There are many key votes on the line next Tuesday: The first real prospect for electing an openly gay person to the U.S. Senate, the probability of winning a marriage equality vote in at least one of five states, and
Obama LGBT camp hopes to persuade GOP gays to cross party lines
The Obama campaign Wednesday (May 23) said it would be making a determined effort to turn out LGBT Americans in November “regardless of their political affiliation.” Jamie Citron, National
Romney names gay to foreign affairs team
Republican presidential nominee apparent Mitt Romney has begun his run toward the political middle, and one aspect of that shift appears to have been the choosing an openly gay man to his team of campaign advisors.
