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Florida group cancels meeting with anti-gay politician

logointern3 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Gay activists threatened to boycott local Florida businesses after they invited anti-gay Rep. Allen West to speak at an association event. The event was cancelled August 1, but now West and(...)

Ireland’s gay candidate for president quits race

logointern3 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:30:51 +0000

(Dublin) – Ireland’s most prominent gay politician, Sen. David Norris, has ended his campaign for president after declaring he was wrong to seek clemency for an ex-partner jailed in Israel for(...)

Liberals closely watch Justice Ginsburg’s future plans

logointern3 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:00:55 +0000

(Washington) Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court’s future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds(...)

Glittering: trendy new tactic for some activists

logointern3 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:00:32 +0000

(New York) Many VIPs have gotten a pie in the face from protesters: Bill Gates, for one, and years earlier, Anita Bryant. President George W. Bush dodged a shoe hurled at him. This year, for(...)

Gay rights and Obama’s State of the Union: Was it enough?

David Badash — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:00:19 +0000

President Obama’s State of the Union address last night — all sixty-two minutes, all 6820 words — was met with expected mixed success. Most on the Left were pleased, most on the Right were not.(...)

Neff: 150 Obama-appointed gays and (not) counting

logointern1 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:00:12 +0000

I had a “so what” moment last week.

A news release came into my Mail application, one of maybe 100 releases to arrive October 26th. The headline heralded, “Obama appoints record number of(...)

NY GOP gov hopeful Paladino says gay is not OK – UPDATE

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:00:01 +0000

(New York) Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said Monday that he does not discriminate against gays but thinks young children shouldn’t be exposed to gay culture, especially at(...)

UK foreign minister denies gay allegations

logointern3 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:00:22 +0000

Just days after British Prison Minister Crispin Blunt comes out of the closet, Foreign Secretary William Hague issues a formal statement denying allegations of a romantic relationship with his(...)

Meghan McCain talks dirty, sexy politics – and Palin

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:49 +0000

John McCain’s daughter says in a new book released Tuesday that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father’s failed bid for the presidency in 2008, but she doesn’t blame(...)

Target apologizes for Minn. political donation

logointern2 — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:00:08 +0000

(St. Paul, Minn.) The head of Target Corp. apologized Thursday over a political donation to a business group backing a conservative Republican for Minnesota governor, which angered some employees and sparked talk of a customer boycott. Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel wrote employees to say the discount retailer was “genuinely sorry” over the way a $150,000 [...]