Richard Socarides

Former Clinton Adviser Sounds Off On Obama's Gay Marriage Stance In The New Yorker

newyorker.com | Posted by Richard Socarides | Posted 12.20.2011

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After a year in which we saw a number of high-profile gay-rights victories, including the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the legislative enactm...

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Former Clinton Adviser Speaks Out On DOMA

Posted 01.02.2012

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A former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton appeared on CNN today to discuss Defense of Marriage Act on the eve of a possible Senate Judiciary C...

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Gay Voters' Support For Republicans Nearly Doubled From 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans made significant inroads among gay and lesbian voters in the midterm elections, with national exit polls for the House races...

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President Obama - Give Us an LGBT Advocate

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Ocamb

"Equal rights," while always counted in the litany of core liberal and progressive principles and "values," always is set aside or thrown under the bus in favor of some real or imagined political expediency.

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