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New poll: More than half U.S. voters would support openly gay President
A new poll says more than half of U.S. voters would support an openly gay president, or an openly gay person in a top government position. The 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair survey found more Americans accepting of gays and lesbians in powerful and high-profile positions in sports and government than were opposed.
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Hayworth says gay marriage will lead to bestiality
Former Arizona congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth is afraid allowing same-sex marriages could lead to bestiality. In a radio interview in Florida, Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Arizona […]
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Gay marriage foes target GOP Senate hopeful
A group that promotes traditional marriage is funding a new statewide ad campaign in California against U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell — a Republican who supports gay marriage. The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage began running the 30-second television ad Monday. Campbell openly opposed Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned gay marriage […]
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Eric Massa rebuffs the gay question; calls ‘groping’ male staffers a ‘tickle fight’
Former U.S. congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) Tuesday night refused to answer a blunt question by CNN’s Larry King: “are you gay?” Massa is accused of groping male staffers and the House ethics committee is […]
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Utah lawmaker won’t seek re-election, citing hypocrisy in state legislature
Rep. Christine Johnson, one of Utah’s two openly gay lawmakers, will step down from her seat in the State House at year’s end, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. “I’m not leaving because I’m giving up on the fight in Utah,” the two-term Salt Lake City Democrat said Thursday after announcing she won’t seek re-election. […]
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Marc Delphine: Oregon’s first openly gay candidate to seek federal office
Marc Delphine, an Oregon financial planner, has filed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate Monday, seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. According to JustOut.com: Delphine is the first openly gay candidate to run for federal office in Oregon’s history. Delphine will formally announce the campaign launch in the State Capitol tomorrow morning, during which he’ll […]
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John Perez, California Assembly’s first openly gay Speaker, sworn in
In a historic day for the LGBT community, California’s first openly gay Assembly speaker was sworn in to office in Sacramento early Monday afternoon. Democrat John A. Pérez, a first-term legislator representing parts of downtown L.A. and East Los Angeles, will face as one of his first tasks the challenge of preserving social programs for […]
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Gay NYC voters give Ford the cold shoulder, demand answers on anti-gay marriage votes
Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate challenger to New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, got a cool reception Wednesday from gay rights advocates who are skeptical of his new found support for gay marriage. Speaking at the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York, Ford was interrupted numerous times by protesters who waved […]
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NY political action committee targets anti-gay marriage senate senators
Angered by the defeat last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a group of well-financed gay rights advocates has started a political action committee to take aim at state senators who have opposed same-sex marriage. According to The New York Times, the political action committee, Fight Back New York, […]
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Speaker booed off stage after condemning CPAC for inviting gay republican group
Here’s another homophobic loudmouth looking for his fifteen minutes of fame on Fox News: During a lightning round of two-minute speeches by young activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. today, Ryan Sorba, of the Young Conservatives of California attempted to incite an anti-gay riot by bashing CPAC organizers for inviting a […]