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Obama Gays in the Military

40 Years After Stonewall: No Progress on Gay Rights

Blaise Zerega | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Steve Hildebrand, former deputy national campaign adviser for President Obama, contends that "Congress has done almost nothing to further equality."

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Obama Don't Ask, Don't Tell Ending Consultations Begin

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama has begun consulting his top defense advisers on how to lift a ban on gays serving open...

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Bill To Overturn Gay Military Ban Being Introduced In Congress

The Plum Line | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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Uh oh -- this could be a bit of a test for President Obama: The office of Dem Rep. Ellen Tauscher confirms that she will introduce legislation today ...

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Obama Is In No Rush To Repeal 'Don't Ask Don't Tell': Boston Globe

Boston Globe | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration is telling the Pentagon and gay-rights advocates that it will have to study the implications for national security and enlist...

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When inclusion becomes relativism

Morgan Warners | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Morgan Warners

President-elect Barack Obama erred in asking Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. A spokeswoman for Obama implied that the move ...

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Obama and the End of the Military's Ban on Gays

John Ridley | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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While this will not be an easy fight, it also won't likely be a return to the belabored hearings of the Clinton presidency which produced the Bizarro World Don't Ask, Don't Tell non-policy of not asking what nobody's saying.

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