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Obama’s support will energize some on both sides of issue, experts say, but may be a political wash and is unlikely to decide the 2012 election Associated Press WASHINGTON — Public opinion about gay marriage has changed so rapidly that President Barack Obama’s historic embrace of it may pose as many political risks to Republicans [...]

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More than a year after Obama said he was ‘evolving,’ Biden’s remarks prompted president to come out for marriage sooner than he planned Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year — eons in politics — he [...]

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Richard Grenell quits just 2 weeks after becoming campaign’s foreign policy expert, citing ‘hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues’   LISA KEEN  |  Keen News Service Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s openly gay adviser on foreign policy resigned Tuesday, May 1, just two weeks after the campaign announced his role. According to the Washington Post, which [...]

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Board member resigns in protest of lesbian den mother’s removal JOHN SEEWER  |  Associated Press A board member for an Ohio regional Boy Scouts group who resigned to protest the removal of a lesbian den mother said he wants the national organization to review its ban on gays. The Boy Scouts of America’s policy of [...]

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Presumptive GOP nominee’s choice of Richard Grenell as campaign’s national security spokesman could be a nod to LGBT Republicans LISA KEEN  |  Keen News Service Republican presidential nominee-apparent Mitt Romney has begun his run toward the political middle, and one aspect of that shift appears to have been choosing an openly gay man to his team of [...]

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Federal commission issues historic decision saying gender identity is covered as sex discrimination under Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act SAM HANANEL  |  Associated Press WASHINGTON — The agency that enforces the federal job discrimination laws has for the first time ruled that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace. In a [...]

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Administration compares decision on contractor nondiscrimination to DADT, but this time Congress lacks votes to accomplish president’s goal LISA KEEN  |  Keen News Service The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people who work for federal contractors. There has [...]