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What Melody Barnes Said About Gay Marriage

The Advocate | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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Remarks made Monday by senior Obama official Melody Barnes to students at Boston College School of Law caused a stir when some attendees said she expr...

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Sam Stein

Melody Barnes, Obama Adviser, Offers Sympathy For Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: ABC News has posted video (below) of White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes acknowledging disagreement with President Obama on the ...

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Obama's Big Gay Speech: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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President Obama will address the Human Rights Campaign -- the largest gay rights fundraiser in the country -- this Saturday, and a number of HuffPost bloggers have weighed in.

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Obama To Address Human Rights Campaign Saturday

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to address the nation's largest gay rights group this weekend in an effort to mollify an uneasy Democr...

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Obama Administration Asks Court To Dismiss Another Challenge To Anti-Gay Marriage Law

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — The Department of Justice on Friday asked a federal judge in Boston to dismiss a lawsuit that claims a federal law defining marriage as...

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California Removed As Defendant In Federal Gay Marriage Lawsuit

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A judge has agreed to remove the state of California as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the 1996 law that prevents the ...

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Doma: Death by a Thousand Cuts?

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Carlos A. Ball

The way in which federal marital benefits are currently allocated in Massachusetts is a textbook case of unequal treatment under the law.

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Obama's Upcoming Hush-Hush Damage Control Meeting With Gay Leaders

Irene Monroe | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

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Irene Monroe

The political carrots Obama dangled before us as campaign promises are now looking like merely empty rhetoric that was used to court our votes and to collect our campaign dollars.

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NYT: Obama Made "Bad Call On Gay Rights ... Disturbing"

NY Times | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration, which came to office promising to protect gay rights but so far has not done much, actually struck a blow for the other side...

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In His Own Words: What Obama Promised The Gay Community (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

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President Obama surprised and disappointed many this past week when his Department of Justice defended the Defense Of Marriage Act in court. Daily Kos...

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Obama Admin Moves To Dismiss Defense Of Marriage Act Challenge

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH and LISA LEFF | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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LOS ANGELES — Gay rights groups expressed dismay with the Obama administration Friday over its championing of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law...

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Gay Rights Groups Growing Impatient With Obama

Politico | BEN SMITH & JONATHAN MARTIN | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's promises of change are falling short for one core Democratic constituency: gays and lesbians, whose leaders say Obama's admin...

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Obama To Face Gay Protest At Beverly Hills Fundraiser

Towleroad | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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President Obama, the alleged "fierce advocate" for LGBT rights, is scheduled to attend a Democratic Party fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton tonight, on...

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Frank Rich: Dems, Not GOP, Standing In Way Of Gay Rights

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

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It would be easy to blame the Beltway logjam in gay civil rights progress on the cultural warriors of the religious right and its political host, the ...

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Obama Being Forced To Confront Issue Of Benefits For Same-Sex Couples

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Just seven weeks into office, President Obama is being forced to confront one of the most sensitive social and political issues of the d...

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A Letter to Our President

Harvey Fierstein | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Harvey Fierstein

Mr. President, we need you to rise above the daily politics of compromise. America needs to hear you say, "We will no longer tolerate the oppression of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters."

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Obama's Gay Marriage Flip Flop: He Was For It Before He Was Against It

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Gabriel Rotello

The Windy City Times discovered two candidate surveys conducted in 1996, in which Obama wrote "I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages."

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Jason Linkins

Obama Once Supported Same-Sex Marriage 'Unequivocally'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media

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According to the Windy City Times, during the 1996 race for the Illinois State Senate, President-Elect Barack Obama gave statements that expressed an ...

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The Bigotry of Hope

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

You'd think if anyone would appreciate that civil rights are civil rights, it's black Americans. And that's what makes the support of some among them of such bigotry particularly appalling.

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Republicans Flip-Flop for McCain

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

One by one, prominent conservatives are "coming around" to the candidacy of John McCain after excoriating him for months as nothing more than a liberal in sheep's clothing.

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Obama Opposes California Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

Calitics | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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In a letter to the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, Sen. Barack Obama stated his opposition to the California constitutional amendment. As far as...

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