Tag Archives: presidential
LGBT debate: candidates grilled on the past
Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Elizabeth Warren seemed to draw the warmest applause Friday night at the first national LGBT forum for presidential candidates.
Buttigieg’s a solid fifth in the primary marathon
A poll immediately after the second round of Democratic debates did not show any discernible change in openly gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg's standing, but his remarks during the debate highlighted some room for growth and caution.
For the record: Clinton: ‘Everything I can’
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton held a town hall style meeting in Las Vegas August 18. Two of the approximately one dozen questions fielded by the candidate concerned LGBT issues.
Debate fallout: 47 percent say vote unchanged, but 35 percent wooed by Romney
A CNN poll of 430 people who watched the first presidential debate Wednesday night found that 47 percent said the debate would not likely affect their vote. But 35 percent said the debate made them more likely to vote for
GOP candidates try to look moderate
After spending eight minutes discussing gay-related issues Saturday night, the six remaining major candidates for the Republican presidential nomination were asked about the issues once again Sunday morning. Frontrunner Mitt Romney said he would not suggest that gays don’t have
GOP Nevada debate: No marriage fight
Openly gay Democratic activist and political commentator Hilary Rosen predicted social issues, including those involving gays, would be a focus of the Nevada debate. There was reason to expect
DADT repeal booed during GOP debate
The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was driven home before a national television audience Thursday, September 22. That’s when an active duty soldier in Iraq identified himself as being gay and asked Republican presidential hopefuls whether they would, as
LGBT issues again absent from Tea Party debate
There were no LGBT-related questions during Monday night’s Republican presidential debate (September 12), even though the driving interest behind the debate was the Republican Party’s far right-wing.
Zero LGBT questions at one debate, a flood at another
There was a complete absence of questions about LGBT-related issues at last night’s (September 7) debate among eight of the announced Republican presidential candidates. That stood in stark contrast to just two days earlier (September 5).
Perry signs NOM pledge; readies for debates as frontrunner
The anti-gay National Organization for Marriage announced Friday, August 26, that Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has signed its pledge to vigorously oppose marriage equality for same-sex couples.
