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Obama's Bold Move On Gay Marriage Presents Opportunities And Pitfalls

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.10.2012

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The president and his advisers must have calculated that the benefits of appearing resolute and firm outweighed the costs of alienating conservative democrats in swing states. In a sense, Obama pulled a card from George W. Bush's playbook, saying to voters, I am the Decider.

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Fair-Weather Capitalists: Conservative Politics Gone Wild

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.29.2012

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Blaming Obama for the collapsing economy and declining stock market he inherited was to be the primary strategy for Republicans in the presidential election. But, oh, how strange that is (even before being made obsolete by a recovery).

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WATCH: Reactions At The Stonewall Inn The Moment It Passed

Posted 08.25.2011

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It was good to be a New Yorker Friday. As the Senate debated the same sex marriage bill in Albany, those who support gay rights and same sex marri...

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Same-Sex Marriage Legal Dream Team May Not Get Case Before Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The legal dream team behind the successful challenge to California's law banning gay marriage may end up having their work stalled by ar...

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Edie Windsor, 81, Sues Feds For Not Recognizing Her Gay Marriage

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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GREENWICH VILLAGE -- Eighty-one-year old Edith "Edie" Windsor spent almost half her life living in Greenwich Village with her partner, who she married...

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Cuomo Pledges To Legalize Gay Marriage

nydailynews.com | By Celeste Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our Kate Lucadamo is on scene at the Empire State Pride Agenda's Fall Dinner, where just a short time ago, Andrew Cuomo told attendees he wants to mak...

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In Defense of Marriage, and Other Hopeless Causes

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given the dismal job heterosexuals have done with marriage, the idea that allowing gays to marry would destroy the institution is nothing less than absurd. What, the divorce rate would soar to sixty percent?

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'That's Gay' Takes On Gay Divorce Appeal In Texas (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The gay marriage debate got a little more complicated last week when two legally-married gay couples wanted to get divorced. The only problem? They li...

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Proposition 8: Pastors Say Prop. 8 Could Lead To Polygamy, Bestiality

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Gay people in California enjoy substantial political power as a result of nearly unanimous support from high-ranking elected off...

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Maureen Dowd: The Odd Couple Defending Gay Marriage In California

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the sun set on the Bay Bridge behind him and the curtain dropped on the first week of the dramatic trial to challenge the constitutionality of the ...

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Supreme Court: No Cameras At Gay Marriage Trial

AP | PAUL ELIAS and MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely blocked cameras from covering the high-profile federal court trial on the constituti...

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The Campaign: The Audacity of Hope Did Not Die in Maine

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Was it bigotry that defeated gay marriage in Maine and California, or was it ignorance? Films like The Campaign, about the fight for gay rights, require our attention and our support.

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Proposition 8 Trial: Witness Testifies Kids Do Fine With Gay Parents

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Getting married brought big changes to the lives of author Helen Zia and her partner Lia Shigemura. At family reunions, funeral...

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Human Rights Campaign Knocks Obama For Defending DOMA

AMERICAblog | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay civil rights lobby, just sent a letter to President Obama in response to the homophobic brief Obam...

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