Tim Pawlenty

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who just weeks ago denounced gay marriage by saying it “defies common sense,” has abandoned his campaign for the presidency.

An openly gay high school student from Minnesota on Friday confronted GOP presidential hopefuls Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann during campaign appearances in Iowa, to challenge their positions on marriage equality and LGBT rights.

Athletic footwear company New Balance, is distancing itself from news that its Chairman, James Davis, contributed $500,000 to Mitt Romney’s campaign for President — Romney is one of four GOP hopefuls that have signed the NOM’s pledge to oppose marriage equality.

Not to be out-bigoted by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats and his anti-gay outfit “The Family Leader,” the National Organization for Marriage has prepared its own “Marriage Pledge” for the 2012 GOP Presidential hopefuls to sign.

NOM’s “Values Bus” tour ought to be interesting in a nauseatingly sort of way. And I know that there are many in the lgbtq community hoping for some type of “Road to Damascus” conversion by some of the attendants or at the very least, a complete bus break down in the middle of lonely road in the blazing heat or even better – in the dead of night…

GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty, appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, said that gay marriage being equal to heterosexual marriage “defies common sense.”

Republican Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said that “the science” on whether being gay is a choice is “in dispute.”

A gay rights activist on Saturday threw glitter at Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) as she left the stage at the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis, the third such incident on an anti-gay Republican presidential candidate in as many weeks.

The seven Republican presidential candidates showed some differences on gay-related issues in their first high-profile debate Monday night — with some surprises.

Unannounced Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty underscored his right-wing credentials Monday, affirming that he opposes repealing the ban on gays in the military, and that he believes marriage is “between a man and a woman.”

Gay rights supporters rallied at the Minnesota state capital in St. Paul this week in a show of support for same-sex marriage. One of the state’s most high-profile gay rights group gathered spiritual leaders and activists in the Capitol rotunda Thursday. OutFront Minnesota, is pushing a bill in the Legislature that would make laws regulating […]

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, widely regarded as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2012, seems to be clarifying past positions, lest he be mistaken for supporting LGBTQ rights. In a recent interview with Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, Pawlenty expresses his regret for having voted in favor of a 1993 state bill, the first of its kind […]