Search results for "biden"
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Mountain State's Move
Sen. Carte Goodwin (D-W.V.), was sworn in to office by Vice President Joseph Biden on Tuesday, July 20. The former general counsel to West Virginia...
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Youth to the Fore
''I just hope that President Obama steps up to the plate on LGBT issues.'' Mentioning repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy and the...
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Kagan Wins Nomination
Solicitor General Elena Kagan is nominated for the Supreme Court and LGBT issues have been front and center since the May 10 announcement Elena Kagan...
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Shticks and Stones
There's the old Woody Allen joke about how being bisexual can double your chances of getting a date. It's not terribly funny, but it gets...
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Diplomatic Maneuvers
With his spouse holding the Bible, David Huebner was sworn in this afternoon as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa in a...
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Principles and Pragmatism
IT IS SOMETIMES DONE with baby steps, other times with great leaps, and every so often it's done in circles. Still, advocates and enemies alike...
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Gay Super Bars
Ready for a recount? This Sunday at the Super Bowl, it's Obama versus McCain all over again. (Technically, it's more Biden v. McCain — and...
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D.C.'s Countdown to Destiny
There have been other Inauguration Days in U.S. history and many are yet to come. But on Jan. 20, 2009, America will break a long...
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Inauguration Calendar of Events
Friday, January 16 Celebrate Change Prepare for Tomorrow -- A cocktail reception in honor of the president and vice president, and a fundraiser in support...
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Inauguration Celebration
A coalition of GLBT-advocacy organizations, including the nation's largest, the Human Rights Campaign, have announced plans to celebrate Inauguration Day 2009 with a party, ''Out...
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Obama lists GLBT interests in ‘Plan to Strengthen Civil Rights’
The Obama-Biden Plan Combat Employment Discrimination: pass ENDA Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: pass Matthew Shepard Act Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT...
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Protest against Proposition 8 in Washington, DC draws several thousand gays & supporters [video]
”Let’s not sit by and just chant. We need to count on each other to write letters to Obama, to write letters to Biden, to...
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Divided & Conquered: As predicted, anti-gay black voters given disproportionate blame for Proposition 8 [video]
”Whites voted very narrowly against the ban, 51-49 percent. Asian-Americans voted the same. Hispanics voted for it, by 53-47 percent. Blacks voted for it, overwhelmingly,...
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Outing the Vote
According to figures posted by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, the District of Columbia counts about 330,000 registered voters. About 90 percent of...
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Sarah Palin reveals ugliest side: Wishes to use the U.S. Constitution against gays! [video]
”I am. In my own, state, I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our...
