Politics

In response to the Obama administration's decision to stop defending the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act in court, House Republicans are now saying they are looking to have a plan in place by late this week to defend the law themselves. [ Read more → ]

Target has revised its policy on political contributions, following a furor that arose last year when it was revealed the retailer had donated money to a political action group that supported an anti-gay candidate for for Minnesota governor. [ Read more → ]

Earlier this year, Target Corporation came under fire from LGBT activist groups when it was revealed they had donated money to a political action group that supported Tom Emmer's bid for Minnesota governor, prompting an apology from Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel. Emmer, you might recall,... [ Read more → ]

Three Iowa Republican state representatives are drafting legislation they hope will lead to impeaching four remaining state Supreme Court justices who struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, while a group of attorney's file suit to keep three other justices on the bench. [ Read more → ]

As the Republican leadership meets to plan the impending transfer of political power in the U. S. House of Representatives coupled with the marginal difference of seats held in the Senate by both parties, it becomes obvious to most Washington observers that the 112th Congress will be frictional, adversarial, and hardly bi-partisan. [ Read more → ]

Opponents of LGBT rights are celebrating the unprecedented ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court justices who helped legalize same-sex marriage in the state last year, but House Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D) is pledging to block any attempt to pass a constitutional amendment which would ban gay marriage. [ Read more → ]

An exit poll on Tuesday announced that roughly 30% of gay voters are now voting Republican. Wait…. WHAT? It seems more and more gay voters are more concerned about other issues than they are about their own civil rights. [ Read more → ]

Following is a state-by-state overview of key election results of LGBT candidates, and races of interest among the LGBT community. Overall, Republicans have gained control of the U.S. ouse of Representatives, and Democrats have retained control of the U.S. Senate. [ Read more → ]

The Obama administration is coming under fire for its defense of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by successfully petitioning the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week for an emergency stay of U. S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillip's injunction issued last Tuesday against the policy. [ Read more → ]

New York's Tea Party-Republican candidate for governor, Carl Paladino is now trying to use gay rights against Andrew Cuomo, claiming his Democrat opponent was "all but invisible" when same-sex marriage was being discussed in the state legislature last year. [ Read more → ]

The national debate over bullying entered the Minnesota governor's race Saturday during a televised debate in which Republican candidate Tom Emmer said that he would oppose legislation to combat school bullying against gay and lesbian young people. [ Read more → ]

Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, is under siege by both conservatives and Democrats for saying that he did not want his children "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality" was an acceptable option. [ Read more → ]

More than a year after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to allow same-sex marriage in the "Hawkeye" state, the argument continues, taking stage at last night's debate between gubernatorial candidates Chet Culver, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican rival Terry Branstad. [ Read more → ]

Retailers Target and Best Buy, along with 3M Corporation, all based in Minnesota, have been stripped of their perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) 2011 Corporate Equality Index. Now in its ninth year, the HRC assesses more than 30 specific policies and practices... [ Read more → ]

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), an emerging Tea Party hero, told a crowd of supporters in South Carolina Friday that he will continue to recruit like-minded Conservatives across the nation to run for Congress and pastors to join the fight to “take our country back.” [ Read more → ]

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked efforts to authorize repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members, voting unanimously against advancing the Defense Authorization Bill -- legislation that included the provision. The massive, $726 billion defense policy bill would have overturned the 1993 law,... [ Read more → ]

Some of Minnesota’s Catholic bishops are preparing a push against the legalization of same-sex marriage in the final two months of the 2010 campaign season. [caption id="attachment_10673" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Quinn"][/caption] While most Minnesota bishops have not yet made their plans public, Bishop John Quinn of... [ Read more → ]

Gay and lesbians may be gaining more rights across the nation, but they should steer clear of Montana Republicans, who have included the criminalization of homosexual acts in their party platform for 2010. The party adopted the official platform in June that keeps a long-held... [ Read more → ]

David Cicilline, the openly gay mayor of Providence, won the Democratic nomination in Tuesday's Rhode Island congressional race. He's vying to replace Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), to represent the state's 1st Congressional District. [ Read more → ]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to schedule a vote next week on the annual Defense Authorization Bill -- legislation that contains language that would allow the Defense Department to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” [ Read more → ]