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Presidential election poll: LGBT issues see historic political shift
According to a new poll conducted by Harris Interactive for Logo TV, all political candidates could greatly benefit by supporting equal rights for LGBT Americans.
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2012 election is crucial to LGBT Americans, women and minorities
For many LGBT voters, the re-election of Barack Obama will mean that the slow progress toward full equality will continue and the direction of the country will continue to trend toward progressive goals. However, the prospect of the election of a Republican president sends chills up many spines, especially to those voters — LGBT, women, minorities, progressives, liberals and moderates — who have read about at the proposed Republican platform and are aware that the next president will likely shape the U.S. Supreme Court for decades to come.
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Obama opposes Boy Scouts’ ban on gay scouts, gay scout leaders
President Obama opposes the recently affirmed Boy Scouts policy of banning gay members, according to a statement from the White House sent in response to a Washington Blade inquiry.
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Democratic convention to highlight LGBT and progressive issues
CHARLOTTE — Thousands of delegates, party activists, politicians and party officials will convene in Charlotte for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in September. With them come the dreams and aspirations of the nation.
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‘Honoring America’s Veterans’ act has implications for anti-gay Westboro church
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday signed legislation known as the “Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Families Act of 2012” into law, and is expected to have implications for the Westboro Baptist Church, the Kansas-based fringe church which has been labeled an anti-gay hate group.
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Obama appoints gay man Under Secretary of the Air Force
President Barack Obama has announced his intention to appoint Eric Fanning as the next Under Secretary of the Air Force, the White House announced this week.
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Pressure builds on Democrats to include marriage equality in party platform
WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign released a statement Thursday reiterating the president’s support for marriage equality, but falling just short of endorsing a call for its inclusion in the official party platform.
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AIDS group criticizes Obama as international conference approaches
President Obama is facing criticism from an HIV/AIDS group for not yet committing to speak at the upcoming International AIDS Conference and not doing more to confront the global and domestic epidemic. Other groups, meanwhile, are calling the criticism of Obama misguided.
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White House to unveil report on international LGBT efforts
The Obama administration is preparing to unveil a report summarizing the progress U.S. agencies have made in combating LGBT human rights abuses overseas, according to the White House.
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Actor Chuck Norris suggests White House pushing for pro-gay Boy Scouts
DALLAS — In a sharply worded commentary — penned for the conservative “gun shooting sports news” site, Ammoland.com — actor Chuck Norris suggested that President Barack Obama is working to create “a pro-gay Boy Scouts of America.”