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Cain says he should have defended gay soldier who was booed at GOP debate
With the exception of Herman Cain, the GOP presidential candidates were mostly quiet on Sunday following a scathing rebuke from President Barack Obama on Saturday evening for not coming to the defense of a gay soldier after audience members booed him during a recent Republican debate.
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Vice-President Joe Biden calls booing of gay soldier ‘reprehensible’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday called it “reprehensible” when audience members at a Republican presidential debate last week booed a gay soldier.
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Obama criticizes GOP; candidates mostly dismissive of audience boos of gay soldier
President Barack Obama on Sunday joined the critics with his own lambasting of the GOP presidential contenders, calling out the recent Republican candidate’s debate in which audience members booed a gay service member.
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Don’t believe Santorum’s claim about not hearing the audience boo the gay soldier
There continues to be so much fall out from the recent Republican presidential debate in which the candidates stood by and said nothing while members of the audience booed a gay solder….
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Time for LGBT people to get their heads in the game, be their own heroes
This piece is not a sell for Barack Obama, but a plea for the gay community to recognize who our true enemies are. It’s time we stop expecting a hero and be our own heroes. It’s time we start talking into account the cold fact that our struggle for equality is like a game of chess.
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Audience jeers gay soldier, applauds anti-gay Santorum during GOP debate
Audience members at Thursday nights GOP presidential debate booed a gay soldier who asked if the Republican candidates would reinstate the now repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that banned openly gay service members.
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To the Republicans — We should go back into the political closet
Now that Wednesday night’s Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is history, it is important that we look back at what was said – or more accurately what was not said – during the debate.
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Republican presidential candidates pushed to move even farther to the right
In the third nationally televised GOP presidential debate, none of the eight candidates on the stage strayed from their already stated positions on marriage for same-sex couples, but there was some pushing and prodding for several of the candidates to move even farther to the right.
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Openly gay presidential candidate Fred Karger shut out from Iowa debate
Openly gay presidential candidate Fred Karger will once again be left out of a nationally televised debate among Republican presidential hopefuls — this time, in Iowa on Thursday night.
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GOP debate: Candidates offer some surprises on LGBT-related issues
The seven Republican presidential candidates showed some differences on gay-related issues in their first high-profile debate Monday night — with some surprises.