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Bil Browning

Did the Obama Campaign Just Snub Barney Frank?

Filed by Bil Browning | May 24, 2012 3:10 PM | 0 comments

The blogosphere is alight today with the new video from the Obama campaign to kick off their LGBT outreach efforts for pride month. But did the campaign snub retiring gay Congressman Barney Frank in the process? Read More

Bil Browning

Even Colin Powell Supports Marriage Equality

Filed by Bil Browning | May 24, 2012 1:00 PM | 0 comments

Moderate Republicans like Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor (and former Senator) Lincoln Chafee, Rep Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, and even super conservative former Vice President Dick Cheney all support marriage equality. Now former Secretary of State and Republican statesman Colin Powell has joined their ranks.Read More

Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer

Did My Marriage Cause Obama's Evolution?

Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | May 23, 2012 5:30 PM | 0 comments

We so wanted our marriage not to be a political event, so it was almost comical on our honeymoon cruise to read that Chan's home state of North Carolina voted to extra-double-duty outlaw gay marriage and a day later President Obama came out in favor. Read More

Terrance Heath

Newt Gingrich & Cory Booker: Dragged Into A Conversation They Can't Hold

Filed by Terrance Heath | May 23, 2012 4:30 PM | 0 comments

This strange political season gets stranger by the day. The song that comes to mind is from Culture Club's 1984 single, "Mistake No. 3," when Boy George sings of people getting "dragged into a conversation they can't hold."Read More

Terrance Heath

What the Bain Argument Is Really About

Filed by Terrance Heath | May 23, 2012 12:30 PM | 0 comments

The 2012 presidential election may go down as one of the strangest political seasons in recent memory, because the influence of the financial sector in politics, policy and the economy has caused Republicans to sound like Democrats and Democrat to sound like Republicans.Read More