All posts tagged "barack obama"
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Fierce Words, Little Power
SAN FRANCISCO – President Barack Obama's name keeps coming up during the trial challenging the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban. Wednesday, attorneys defending Proposition...
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Financial Ally to Evil
Televangelist Pat Robertson's claim that the Haitian earthquake was divine retribution for a two-century-old pact with the devil, even as he purported to raise relief...
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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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Battle of the Ban
In August of 2008, Ron MacInnis, a gay Petworth resident working in HIV policy and prevention, grabbed headlines speaking at the 17th International AIDS Conference...
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Law of the Land
Saying ''no one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love,'' President Obama on...
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Hate Crimes bill passes Senate
Suddenly, with little fanfare or notice, the signs of ''change'' for the LGBT community are beginning to appear in Washington. The Obama administration this week...
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Staying in the House
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank thought about running for the U.S. Senate, but that was five years ago, when it looked like Democratic presidential candidate John...
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Congressional Calling
The biggest news to come out of President Obama's Sept. 9 address to a joint session of Congress had less to do with health care...
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Milestone Medals
The White House has announced that President Obama will soon award the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to legendary gay-rights activist...
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Pulling Together
In politics, as in life, we have to seize our moments. The current political moment belongs to Barack Obama and the Democrats. Obama’s polling numbers...
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Executive Exchange
Following weeks of criticism from gay activists, bloggers and political leaders, President Barack Obama welcomed more than 275 members of the GLBT community to a...
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Employing Anger
Gay-rights pioneer Frank Kameny was in the White House on June 17 to attend the signing of the Presidential Memorandum on benefits for the same-sex...
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The Time Has Come
The news out of Kansas really shouldn't have come as a shock. It was a new version of an old story. In February, the Kansas...
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Executive Engagement
First came the call inviting the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington to participate in ''We Are One,'' the opening ceremony of President Obama's days-long Inauguration...
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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...
