Gay Advocates Examine Role in Election
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Gay and lesbian advocates have been doing some soul-searching since President Bush's election victory, wondering if same-sex wedding marches through San Francisco and Massachusetts tipped the scales to Republicans promising to restore traditional values.
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New Hampshire Democrats have given the Republicans a potent issue that's ready to burst into the open just before the leadoff presidential primary: gay civil unions.
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When he became the first openly gay candidate to win a seat in the Washington Legislature, Cal Anderson could not count on experienced consultants, high-priced polling data or slick PR campaigns to help pave the way.
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In developing a party platform, Republicans devoted much effort to the question of how to extend a welcome to party members who oppose the GOP's stand against abortion and gay rights.
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Inside the battle for a critical chunk of votes
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People with gay friends or family members are far more likely to accept their sexual orientation than those who don't, according to a U.S. survey released on Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.
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A move to lift the ban on gays in the military is gaining support. But change is unlikely anytime soon.
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If George W. Bush believes that the evangelists who did not vote in 2000 could win him this year's election, for John Kerry the 'Sex and the City' women could carry him into the White House.
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QUEBEC (CP) - The Conservative party will launch a national advertising campaign this week, targeting Canadian ethnic groups with the party's stand against gay marriage.
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Gay marriage is emerging as a big enough issue in several states to influence races both for Congress and the presidency.
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A new battle in America's fight over  gay rights has erupted in Atlanta, cradle of the U.S. civil  rights movement, where a golf club is resisting a city order to  grant spousal benefits to its gay members.
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People on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers Wednesday, a day before the Legislature planned to decide whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice.
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As John Kerry paused and uttered the word lesbian in last week&#39;s presidential debate, the dials started to turn. Frank Luntz, a former Republican pollster who now has corporate clients, was
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President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers.
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The November elections in Massachusetts were supposed to be Phase Two in the state's epic gay-rights battle, a time for political payback and citizen retaliation for votes cast during this year's debate on gay marriage.
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The US Episcopal Church prepares to vote on whether to appoint a second openly gay bishop.
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Anti-gay bias has flared up in Hollywood and pro basketball recently, and soon the topic will be thrust dramatically into a new forum &#151; a reshaped Congress likely to pass the first major federal gay-rights bills.