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Gay GOP candidate for U.S. House faces criticism from opposing camps
WASHINGTON — Carl DeMaio is one of three openly gay Republicans running for Congress this year, but he’s the only one who has managed to make political adversaries of both social conservative and gay rights organizations. He’s too open about his sexual orientation for some social conservatives, but too far to the right and too quiet on social issues …
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Pelosi backs ENDA despite concerns over broad religious exemptions
WASHINGTON — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she still supports a Senate-passed bill to outlaw workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people. A number of national LGBT rights groups have withdrawn their support because it has a broad religious exemption. The California Democrat says she understands the…
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U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney marries longtime partner
COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Freshman U.S. congressman Sean Patrick Maloney has married his longtime partner. The New York Democrat exchanged vows with Randy Gene Florke at the Church of St. Mary-in-the-Highlands in Cold Spring.
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U.S. House hopeful says gays secretly plotting ‘to recruit and sodomize children’
One of two Georgia Republicans who will face off in a run-off election in July for the GOP nomination in the 10th Congressional District is minister and talk-radio host Jody Hice, who believes that gay people have “a secret plot to recruit and sodomize children.’
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Aiken working to overcome singing fame to be considered a political candidate
RALEIGH, N.C. — Congressional candidate Clay Aiken says voters in North Carolina are getting a different look at him from his “American Idol” background.
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Louie Gohmert compares gay rights advocates to Nazis in House speech
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) putting your tax dollars to work by denouncing the “intolerance” of gay rights advocates in a speech referencing the Benham brothers, whose HGTV real estate reality show was canceled by HGTV before making it on the air following reports that one of the brothers is an active, anti-gay rights activist.
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Unofficial results give Aiken a win in N.C. primary, but absentee ballots remain
RALEIGH, N.C. — Former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken held a slight edge over textile entrepreneur Keith Crisco in a congressional primary election Wednesday, with officials working to count every last ballot before declaring a winner.
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Clay Aiken holds slim lead in N.C. primary, but race too close to call
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Democratic congressional primary race between former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken and textile entrepreneur Keith Crisco remained very close and without a clear winner.
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Apple CEO tweets U.S. House to pass ENDA on Civil Rights anniversary
Apple chief executive Tim Cook took to Twitter on Friday to remind the U.S. House of Representatives that on this 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it’s not too late to pass workplace protections for LGBT people.
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Lawmakers call on Obama to sign executive order protecting LGBT workers
WASHINGTON — Nearly 200 Congressional lawmakers on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama Tuesday calling for an Executive Order banning contractors from receiving federal government contracts unless they have a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.