News + Politics
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Constitutional ban on gay marriage in Indiana moves forward with big yes vote from state Senate
”The proponents of SJR 13 know the next generation feels differently concerning these social and cultural matters…. They think the right to express their changing...
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Utah’s annoying Rep. Chaffetz introduces “symbolic” anti-gay bill – a flailing attack on DC marriage, home rule
”But with the Democrats controlling the House, the Senate and the presidency, I can’t imagine that this would make it through the process … [the...
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Ted Haggard’s wife missed lies, hypocrisy before; but plugs new book anyway, claiming gay “problem” is “solved”
”At that point, I was ignorant of the gravity. I felt as though we all struggle in different areas of our life, and certainly in...
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Utah Congressman Takes Aim at D.C.
The ranking Republican member of the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia filed legislation on Tuesday, Jan. 26, disapproving...
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John McCain defends DADT following State of the Union
“In his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to repeal the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. I am immensely proud of, and...
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Devil in the Details
SAN FRANCISCO -- There is nothing like turning an opponent's own words against him to both rile his emotions and destroy his position, and that...
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A Nation's Priorities
Noting that one in 10 Americans are without work and that millions will lose their health insurance this year, President Barack Obama gave his first...
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A Higher Education
Citing “relentless harassment and discrimination” and “life-threatening violence” faced by students “based on their sexual orientation,” U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) today introduced the Student...
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Lots of Argument, No Proof
SAN FRANCISCO – In the waning hours of the historic trial challenging the constitutionality of a state ban on same-sex marriage, the federal courtroom in...
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Mean-Streets Memories
Vicki Wagner and Justin Reed Early met in another lifetime. It was 30 years ago in Seattle that she was working as an outreach coordinator...
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GLOV Rain Check
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence's (GLOV) planned open-house forum to air LGBT community concerns about the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), slated for Feb. 3, has...
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No More Delays
Back in the mid-1980s, with the Cold War still peaking and the idea of the fall of the Soviet Union no more than a utopian...
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Ally Beats Enemy
It's been a year – just a year, mind you – that Barack Obama has served as 44th president of the U.S. He's the first...
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The Time Is Now
For 17 years, the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) law has been a major barrier on the road to equality for the 65,000 gay and...
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Murder motive: Rent. NYC man found stabbed at home; Gay lover nabbed in Vermont
”A few days turned into a few weeks. A few weeks turned into a month. A month turned into two…. This weekend is when John...
