Gay Issues

Does This Mean Edwards is Now For Gay Marriage?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

It is shocking that politicians with personal lives as deeply flawed as Edwards, the Clintons, McCain and others, set themselves up as defenders of an institution they have raped of all moral significance.

Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.

Gay-Friendly Log Cabin Republicans Haven't Made Up Their Minds On McCain

Marc Ambinder | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


The Log Cabin Republicans aren't sure whether they plan to endorse John McCain, or whether extending a presidential endorsement is even necessary. The...

Asking and Telling Sam Nunn

Steve Clemons | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Sen. Nunn is recommending a "review" of the policy he helped fashion fifteen years ago, but he is not indicating whether his own views have changed.

No Longer Staring Into the Abyss of an Obama-Clinton Ticket

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Clinton's increasingly desperate quest to show something for her decades of campaigning has taken on a vaguely insane turn, for which we should be grateful, even as it makes us queasy.

Local Gay Community Backs Clinton In Indiana

Will Mari | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home


Will Mari

Mark and Moises, friendly gay Midwesterners and a couple for 20 years, said Hillary has just been more visible in her support than Obama has been. "He's maybe catering to conservatives."

America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

Obama's Tough Love Speech

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

If I heard more commentary like Obama's from pols -- that took risks at the pulpit and did less pandering -- I might revise a bit of my objection to this sort of politicking.

I Love the 90s: Gender, Race and the Clintons

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Hillary has begun a campaign based on rigorous 1990s politics of identity, a game at which the Clintons excel, using one group against another as the need arises.


 

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