Reaction to poll on whether gays can change
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After five years of trying to date girls and to conform and conceal his sexuality, 18-year-old Steven Field told his friends and family that he was gay.
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Public approval of the job President Bush is doing now matches its all-time low, an AP-Ipsos poll says. The survey, released Thursday, reflects widespread discontent over how Bush is handling the war in Iraq, efforts against terrorism and domestic issues. It also underscores challenges Republican presidential and congressional candidates will confront next year when they face voters who seem to be clamoring for change.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Twenty per cent of Canadians say their next federal vote could be swayed by their MP's stance on gay marriage.
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I recall this on the news one morning, as I helped the kids get ready for school and take their various medications... "He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol," the story says.  Jerry Falwell, the founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority, contends the "subtle depictions" are intentional and in a statement issued Tuesday said, "As a Christian, I feel that role modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children." I was astounded.
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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Comment is free: Simon Fanshawe: Forty years after the 1967 bill, homophobic abuse still goes on. Let's ditch the sexual stereotypes.
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TEMPE, Ariz. - One of the most revealing moments in last Wednesday&#39;s final presidential debate came when moderator Bob Schieffer asked President Bush and Sen. John Kerry if they thought homosexuality was a choice.
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WASHINGTON - Gay marriage is emerging as a big enough issue in several states to influence races both for Congress and the presidency.    Ballot initiatives on banning same-sex marriages are expected to propel social conservatives to the polls in 11 states, including four presidential battlegrounds: Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan and Oregon...
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President Bush's support for a constitutional amendment against gay marriage delighted many conservatives but alienated a smaller but potentially important voting bloc in a tight election.
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Life & style: Even if I am gay, I'm not normal gay. For starters, I don't like Kylie or macho men. What should I do?
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Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.
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BOSTON, Dec. 9 -- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is facing new questions about his beliefs on gay issues after the emergence of a letter he wrote during his 1994 U.S. Senate run, in which he promised to be a stronger advocate for gays than Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D).
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Conservative groups both praise and criticize Windsor report on human sexuality within the Anglican Communion. The long-awaited Windsor Report on the role of homosexuality in the Anglican Communion, drew both
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The JCS chairman's statement that homosexuality is "immoral" isn't about to change the status quo, but it's only a matter of time before openly gay men and women will be allowed to serve in uniform
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MONTREAL (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin was cool Sunday to the idea of a national referendum on same-sex marriage and said handling the controversial issue should be left to Parliament.
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Comment is free: Catherine Bennett:  Without the prejudice she has experienced, Hodge would be more important now. Prime minister, for example.
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A new think tank specializing in gay issues wants a say in the U.S. debate over same-sex marriage and other matters, seeking to counter the influence of religious conservatives by beating them at their own game.