Some GOP Gay Rights Backers Torn Over Bush
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On the eve of the Republican convention, some GOP gay rights supporters frustrated by their party platform's hardline stance against same-sex unions say they are torn over whether to back President Bush in this fall's election.
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The head of the nation&#39;s largest gay and lesbian Republican group slammed fellow Republicans Friday for &quot;feigning outrage&quot; over comments by Sen. John Kerry, and called on President Bush
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Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support.
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President Bush's nominee for surgeon general faces a contentious confirmation hearing because of his writings about homosexuality and health.
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As Republicans gather to make their case for President Bush&#39;s re-election this week, they will do so against a backdrop as divisive as any since 1968, when Democrats needed the National Guard to preserve order outside their Chicago convention.
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Republican leaders are pushing for a constitutional ban on gay marriage in the GOP platform, opening a new point of contention between social conservatives and outnumbered but vocal factions fighting to give the party's statement of principles a more moderate tone.
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Some say this is supposed to be the year President Bush and his flagging popularity bring down Republicans across the country.
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Republicans crafting the party&#39;s platform backed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday in a sharp contrast to
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Fred Thompson on Wednesday defended his support for limits on campaign contributions Â a sore point among many fellow Republicans Â and said rival Mitt Romney had reversed his view on the issue.
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In a few words meant to speak volumes, Republicans have extended a welcome to party members who disagree with elements of their platform, a strongly conservative statement of beliefs that includes an endorsement of constitutional bans on abortion and gay marriage.
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Former President George H.W. Bush called on Republicans to unite behind Senator John McCainâs presidential bid.
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Republicans who are standing up to Bush range from conservatives to moderates.
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President Bush faces key Republican groups that are divided about how or even whether to proceed with an overhaul of the tax code.
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Members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church are urging Fred Thompson to support their stance on homosexuality Â a position on which they say the Republican presidential candidate once "saw eye to eye" with them.
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Gay rights activists and a top  Democratic presidential hopeful criticized President George W.  Bush&#39;s surgeon general nominee for &quot;anti-gay&quot; writings on  Thursday, but the White House defended him as well qualified.
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A Washington sex scandal has some in President George W. Bush's Republican party worried that traditional supporters will be so put off as to stay home on election day a month away.
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President George W. Bush went to the   U.S. Capitol on Thursday to prod fellow Republicans to back his   plans to track and try terrorism suspects, but some pushed   ahead with a competing measure the White House opposes.