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Paladino launches attack ad questioning Cuomo’s support of gay rights
New York’s Tea Party-Republican candidate for governor, Carl Paladino is now trying to use gay rights against Andrew Cuomo, claiming his Democrat opponent was “all but invisible” when same-sex marriage was being discussed in the state legislature last year.
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Target, Best Buy’s pick for MN governor won’t support anti-bullying legislation
The national debate over bullying entered the Minnesota governor’s race Saturday during a televised debate in which Republican candidate Tom Emmer said that he would oppose legislation to combat school bullying against gay and lesbian young people.
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Carl Paladino: NY gubernatorial candidate warns of homosexual ‘brainwashing’
Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, is under siege by both conservatives and Democrats for saying that he did not want his children “brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality” was an acceptable option.
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Iowa gubernatorial candidates defend, attack same-sex marriage in televised debate
More than a year after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to allow same-sex marriage in the “Hawkeye” state, the argument continues, taking stage at last night’s debate between gubernatorial candidates Chet Culver, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican rival Terry Branstad.
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HRC penalizes Target, Best Buy in latest Corporate Equality Index rating
Retailers Target and Best Buy, along with 3M Corporation, all based in Minnesota, have been stripped of their perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2011 Corporate Equality Index. Now in its ninth year, the HRC assesses more than 30 specific policies and practices covering nearly every aspect of employment for LGBT workers from […]
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Sen. Jim DeMint reaffirms position that gays are unfit to teach in public schools
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), an emerging Tea Party hero, told a crowd of supporters in South Carolina Friday that he will continue to recruit like-minded Conservatives across the nation to run for Congress and pastors to join the fight to “take our country back.”
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Senate blocks debate on defense bill, halting repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked efforts to authorize repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay service members, voting unanimously against advancing the Defense Authorization Bill — legislation that included the provision. The massive, $726 billion defense policy bill would have overturned the 1993 law, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” only after a Pentagon […]
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Montana Republican party still supports outlawing homosexuality
Gay and lesbians may be gaining more rights across the nation, but they should steer clear of Montana Republicans, who have included the criminalization of homosexual acts in their party platform for 2010. The party adopted the official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy […]
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Providence gay mayor claims victory in Democratic primary for Congress
David Cicilline, the openly gay mayor of Providence, won the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s Rhode Island congressional race. He’s vying to replace Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District.