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Unlike Romney and McCain, Trump didn’t oppose antigay GOP platform positions
Tony Perkins bragged of writing “a large portion” of the GOP platform and noted that Donald Trump didn’t push back at all against the anti-LGBT portions.
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Romney strategist: Position on gay rights contributed to Election Day defeat
A chief strategist for Mitt Romney’s failed presidential campaign said Monday that the Republican candidate’s loss was all about policy, and that evolution on policy positions, such as same-sex marriage, is necessary to revive the GOP.
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Autopsy on an election: Ten things we learned in 2012
The culture war is over. For real. GOP strategist Karl Rove needs to tear that chapter from his playbook and burn it in the nearest fireplace. The tired old tactics of the Far Right to demonize LGBT Americans and minorities no longer work. Just look at the ballot box on Nov. 6 for proof…
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Four more years: President Obama elected to second term
President Barack Obama won re-election to the White House for a second term on Tuesday evening, according to major media outlets, bringing to an end a tumultuous campaign against Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
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The audacity of hope for my rights: Why voting for Obama is so personal
Today, there is only one choice for anyone who is gay and who wishes to be recognized as an equal citizen in this country: President Obama. He is the only sitting president to have publicly supported full equality for members of the LGBT communities through both legislation and endorsement of acts that provide equal protection, opportunity and benefits to LGBT people under the law.
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Nothing scarier than ‘President Romney’
From complete opposition to LGBT rights advances to the frightening prospect of a slew of Supreme Court appointments to a litany of pro-gay advances that could be wiped away with the stroke of a pen, the prospect of a President Mitt Romney should be enough to motivate LGBT voters across the country to turn out in support of President Barack Obama’s critical second term…
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Obama vs. Romney: Where the candidates stand on LGBT issues
The Washington Blade breaks down some of the most frequently cited LGBT issues and where each Presidential candidate stands on Marriage Equality, the Uniting American Families Act, ENDA, DADT and DOMA.
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Obama’s lead widens among LGBT voters, reports Harris/Logo TV survey
A follow-up poll conducted online in the United States by Harris Interactive, on behalf of Logo TV, shows that LGBT voters remain firmly on the side of supporting President Barack Obama for re-election.
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Cast your vote – and let the chips fall…
As gay Americans we need to remember those of our community who lived in times that were far beyond what I can imagine. These are the sweet brave souls who fought the fight and made it easier for us; and now it is now our responsibility to pay it forward – to make it easier for those generations of our LGBTQ family who will carry-on long after we’re gone. Remember this as you cast your vote on Tuesday…
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New HRC ad attacks Mitt Romney’s record on LGBT rights
WASHINGTON — With the 2012 presidential election just days away, the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest LGBT equality rights advocacy group, released a new ad attacking Mitt Romney record on LGBT rights.