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After Shooting, Social Conservatives Describe a Movement Under Siege
Washington
The Aug. 15 shooting at the headquarters of the Family Research Council, a conservative advocacy group, has provoked an outpouring of concern from social conservatives. It wasn’t just the crime, which people of all …
In Gay Marriage Reversal, President Obama Faces Risk on All Sides
Barack Obama never did much to hide the fact that he was wobbly on his opposition to gay marriage. As far back as 2006, he wrote in the book that would be a blueprint for his presidential campaign that “as a christian” he would …
A Brief Photographic History of Glitter-Bombs
Receiving a shower of sparkles from gay rights activists has become something of a rite of passage for Republican candidates this year. But now that the Secret Service is protecting Mitt Romney, glitter-bombing’s days could be …
Hecklers and Hostile Crowds Stymie Santorum in New Hampshire
Hollis, New Hampshire
It was a scene fit for a front-runner: an overflow crowd spilling out the doors of a Rockwellian barn on Saturday afternoon, kids perched in the rafters, an American flag tacked to one wall. The only …
Rick Santorum vs. the APA
Speaking to a group of Penn State students, including members of the College Republicans, on Wednesday, the night before his interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan aired, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum boiled with outrage over Morgan’s assertion that his attitude on homosexuality was “bordering on bigotry.”
Rick Perry’s Retreat From Federalism
Texas Governor Rick Perry is not just any federalist. He is the grand poobah of federalists, an alpha-dog federalist, a federalist other federalists dare not challenge. His call for state sovereignty and a limited federal …
Why a New York Republican Cast the Decisive Vote for Gay Marriage
The battle to bring marriage equality to New York was fought by some unlikely heroes. The bill’s champion, Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo, didn’t support gay marriage until 2006, long after predecessors from his party. Ken …
After New York: The (Near) Future of Gay Marriage
The New York state legislature’s passage of the Marriage Equality Act was the third landmark victory in six months for the gay-rights movement, following the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in December and the Obama …
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Obama Still Against Gay Marriage, Except In Court
President Obama has told the Justice Department to stop defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages. But White House Spokesman Jay Carney said today that Obama’s legal opinion is “distinct” from Obama’s own personal view of gay marriage. “The presidents …
Fighting The “Gay Agenda,” Not So Much Of A Political Winner Anymore
Pew has a new poll out today showing that the nation has shifted on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, since the 1990s. Only 27 percent of Americans oppose gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, down from 45 percent in 1994. Fifty-eight percent of Americans support ending DADT. Even among Republicans, there is a narrow split: 44 percent …
On Gay Marriage, President Obama Admits Some Evolution
Adam noted this below, but I think it’s worth reproducing in full the exchange President Obama had Wednesday with a liberal blogger over gay marriage. It reads as if the president is dying to say something, but he knows he cannot for political reasons, which is striking because the White House message on most other things is that they …
