Robert Lee Hannah now faces involuntary manslaughter case
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 23 at 7:56 PM Oct. 23 at 7:56 PM
The man accused of killing Tony Randolph Hunter, a gay Marylander, now faces a charge of involuntary rather than voluntary manslaughter.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg made the change during a 90-minute hearing for defendant Robert Lee Hannah, 18. Weisberg found that prosecutors failed to show probable cause that Hannah committed the more serious offense of voluntary manslaughter.
The judge?s decision came after defense attorney Madeline Harvey argued that Hannah and a witness told police that Hannah punched Hunter during a chance encounter only after Hunter touched Hannah on the groin and butt.
?I think the court can accept as evidence that Mr. Hannah was sexually ...
Obama scores 94, while McCain gets a 0
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Oct. 23 at 10:17 AM Oct. 23 at 10:17 AM
The Human Rights Campaign released its biennial scorecard assigning U.S. lawmakers ratings for their votes and sponsorship of gay-related legislation in the 110th Congress.
HRC notes that the 110th Congress marked the first time that the U.S. House voted on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the first time that both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate approved hate crimes legislation.
Here are some notable scores for lawmakers.
? Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Democratic presidential nominee, scored 94 on the scorecard. He lost points for not supporting HRC?s position on the Uniting American Families Act. Obama supports the bill but has not signed on as a co-sponsor. ...
Pelosi, Feinstein get involved, but Obama, Schwarzenegger on the sidelines
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Oct. 22 at 2:40 PM Oct. 22 at 2:40 PM
With less than two weeks remaining until California votes on a proposal to ban same-sex marriage, some gay rights advocates are questioning whether the “No on 8” campaign is doing everything possible to win.
Several high-profile political leaders that previously came out against Proposition 8 — such as Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — have not recently spoken out against the proposal.
But Gil Duran, a Feinstein spokesperson, said, “something is in the works,” referring to a television ad campaign featuring the senator urging a “no&rdqu ...
Robert Lee Hannah now faces involuntary manslaughter case
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 23 at 7:56 PM Oct. 23 at 7:56 PM
The man accused of killing Tony Randolph Hunter, a gay Marylander, now faces a charge of involuntary rather than voluntary manslaughter.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg made the change during a 90-minute hearing for defendant Robert Lee Hannah, 18. Weisberg found that prosecutors failed to show probable cause that Hannah committed the more serious offense of voluntary manslaughter.
The judge?s decision came after defense attorney Madeline Harvey argued that Hannah and a witness told police that Hannah punched Hunter during a chance encounter only after Hunter touched Hannah on the groin and butt.
?I think the court can accept as evidence that Mr. Hannah was sexually ...
Obama scores 94, while McCain gets a 0
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Oct. 23 at 10:17 AM Oct. 23 at 10:17 AM
The Human Rights Campaign released its biennial scorecard assigning U.S. lawmakers ratings for their votes and sponsorship of gay-related legislation in the 110th Congress.
HRC notes that the 110th Congress marked the first time that the U.S. House voted on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the first time that both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate approved hate crimes legislation.
Here are some notable scores for lawmakers.
? Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Democratic presidential nominee, scored 94 on the scorecard. He lost points for not supporting HRC?s position on the Uniting American Families Act. Obama supports the bill but has not signed on as a co-sponsor. ...
Openly gay O'Byrne has over $200k in tax debt
NEW YORK (AP) | Oct. 22 at 4:00 PM Oct. 22 at 4:00 PM
Charles O'Byrne is a powerful and enigmatic figure in New York politics. He's an openly gay ex-priest who assailed the Catholic Church in Playboy, a confidant to the Kennedy clan, the muscle behind Gov. David Paterson.
Now, O'Byrne's failure to pay $200,000 in taxes has become a liability to a governor who wants to run for a full term in 2010 and is struggling to keep the state from slipping into economic bedlam.
It matters little at this point that O'Byrne, 49, repaid his debt plus penalties -- with help from the Kennedy family -- for failing to pay state and federal taxes from 2001 to 2005, a lapse he blames on clinical depression.
Sympathy for a tax delinq ...
Schools already required to teach tolerance, say Prop 8 opponents
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) | Oct. 22 at 3:53 PM Oct. 22 at 3:53 PM
A girl in pigtails bounds into the kitchen after school and asks her mother to guess what she learned that day. "I learned how a prince married a prince, and I can marry a princess," she exclaims to her mortified mom.
This television advertisement for a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in California urges voters to "protect children" by approving the measure.
There's not a word about education in Proposition 8, but what public schools will be required to teach about same-sex marriage has emerged as the central issue in the campaign.
...
Pelosi, Feinstein get involved, but Obama, Schwarzenegger on the sidelines
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Oct. 22 at 2:40 PM Oct. 22 at 2:40 PM
With less than two weeks remaining until California votes on a proposal to ban same-sex marriage, some gay rights advocates are questioning whether the “No on 8” campaign is doing everything possible to win.
Several high-profile political leaders that previously came out against Proposition 8 — such as Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — have not recently spoken out against the proposal.
But Gil Duran, a Feinstein spokesperson, said, “something is in the works,” referring to a television ad campaign featuring the senator urging a “no&rdqu ...
Parson: no evidence of hate crime
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 22 at 1:12 PM Oct. 22 at 1:12 PM
An unidentified suspect assaulted an employee of the Dupont Circle gay bar Fireplace on Wednesday and stole an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing the bar, according to police.
Lt. Brett Parson, director of the D.C. police Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit, said in a statement that witnesses at the bar chased after the suspect and recovered the stolen money, but the suspect escaped before police arrived on the scene.
Parson said the employee assaulted in the incident was taken to a local hospital “with serious injuries to his face.”
He said witnesses described the suspect as a black man in his 30s, about six feet tall and weighing about 180 ...
Trevor Potter praised by Democrats, Republicans alike
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 22 at 12:13 PM Oct. 22 at 12:13 PM
Trevor Potter, a former chair of the U.S. Federal Election Commission who is gay, is serving as the top lawyer for the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
As the campaign’s general counsel, Potter has been identified by newspapers such as the New York Times and Washington Post as one of the nation’s most highly regarded experts on U.S. election laws. Potter has been credited with helping draft the McCain-Feingold Act, a bipartisan federal measure that reformed federal campaign finance laws.
But few mainline news outlets have reported on Potter’s other role as a high-level, openly gay adviser to McCain.
Those who ...
'The Joy of Gay Sex' 'instructional education manual'
HELENA, Mont. (AP) | Oct. 22 at 12:05 PM Oct. 22 at 12:05 PM
The Lewis and Clark Public Library in Helena has voted to keep on the shelves a book about gay sex.
The book is titled "The Joy of Gay Sex." Board chairwoman Carole Byrnes acknowledges the book includes graphic pictures and descriptions but says she views it as an instructional, education manual that shouldn't be censored.
Helena resident Paul Cohen requested that the book be removed. He described it as "pornographic" and said the library was negligent in providing a "safe place" for children and adolescents.
The library's collection review committee recommended keeping the book, and Director Judy Hart agreed. She said it was the l ...
Pretrial conference set for Jan. 5
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | Oct. 21 at 2:56 PM Oct. 21 at 2:56 PM
WASHINGTON -- A courtroom showdown between the Democratic National Committee and its former gay outreach director, Donald Hitchcock, is likely to occur next year. Hitchcock was fired from his DNC post in 2006, shortly after his domestic partner, Paul Yandura, wrote an open letter to gay Democrats urging them to withhold donations to the party because he felt Dean wasn’t doing enough to combat anti-gay state ballot initiatives.
Hitchcock later filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Dean and the DNC alleging, among other things, anti-gay discrimination. The DNC has denied the claims. Final efforts at mediation failed in September and a pretrial conference has been set for ...
From Washington Blade staff reports | Oct. 21 at 10:55 AM Oct. 21 at 10:55 AM
Scott J. Bloch, U.S. special counsel, will step down from his position in January, according to a report from the Washington Post.
In 2004, Bloch was put in charge of the Office of Special Counsel, whose mission is to protect the rights of federal workers and ensure that government whistle-blowers are not subjected to reprisals. But Bloch himself became the subject of investigations involving the closing of hundreds of cases allegedly without investigating them and for allegedly retaliating against employees.
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Will teach shelters how to comply with city's human rights ordinance
CHICAGO (AP) | Oct. 21 at 10:12 AM Oct. 21 at 10:12 AM
Homeless shelters across Chicago are getting a crash course in how to better serve members of the gay community.
The Chicago Department of Human Services is conducting four days of mandatory sensitivity training at the Center on Halsted, the city's gay community center.
About 160 people are attending the training, which includes sessions on the barriers faced by members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and the effects of prejudice, said Lisa Elkuss, communications director for the human services department.
"We're all really very pleased that this is taking place," Elkuss said ...
Elderly gays and lesbians emerging as distinct community
NEW YORK (AP) | Oct. 20 at 1:08 PM Oct. 20 at 1:08 PM
Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
As an 86-year-old gay man, with no family nearby and many acquaintances long since dead, he'd seem a likely prospect for isolation.
Instead, he has kindled a deep, five-year friendship with Gigi Stoll, a fashion model-turned-photographer half his age. Stoll helps Carter with medical arrangements, writes to him when she travels overseas, and sat with him for six hours during his most recent hospitalization.
"The other guys in the hospital, no one was coming in ...
Sign for Something delivered letters, petition
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) | Oct. 20 at 10:22 AM Oct. 20 at 10:22 AM
A group of Mormons are hoping to convince the church to stop supporting a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California.
The group, called Sign for Something, delivered protest letters, bundles of carnations and a petition in support of gay marriage to church headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The delivery was made by a group of about 40 people who sang hymns as they approached the church's offices. Their delivery was accepted by a church spokeswoman.
One member of the group says many Mormons with gay and lesbian loved ones are torn over the issue.
Officially, the Mormon church is politically neutral and doesn't endo ...
Curriculum would include gay and lesbian 'heroes'
CHICAGO (AP) | Oct. 20 at 10:10 AM Oct. 20 at 10:10 AM
Chicago Public Schools has delayed a vote on a proposal to open a "gay-friendly" high school that will weave gay and lesbian "heroes" into its curriculum.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan said Friday that the school board would see the plan on Nov. 19. The proposal was originally supposed to be considered Wednesday.
Duncan gave preliminary approval for the the Pride Campus of Social Justice High School earlier this month.
The high school be open to all students citywide but would provide a safe, "gay-friendly" atmosphere. It is hoped the school would be a way to combat the high bullying, dropout ...
Activists question decision to list case as manslaughter
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 17 at 4:06 PM Oct. 17 at 4:06 PM
An 18-year-old Washington man charged in a gay man’s beating death told police he punched the man only after the man grabbed his butt and crotch, according to a police affidavit.
The affidavit, filed Thursday in D.C. Superior Court, says Tony Randolph Hunter, 37, of Maryland fell to the ground after being punched, hitting his head on the pavement with such force that a witness heard a “loud thump.”
Police arrested Robert Lee Hannah on Wednesday in northwest Washington. He has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in connection with Hunter’s death last month.
The case prompted nearly 200 people to join Hunter’s friends in a ...
President refused based on 'his beliefs'
COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) | Oct. 17 at 10:30 AM Oct. 17 at 10:30 AM
A gay college group in Colorado Springs is clashing with the school's student president because he refused to approve a funding request, saying it was against his "personal beliefs."
The group representing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgenger students says the decision by junior David Williams hindered planning for a campus observance of National Coming Out Day this week at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
The group, called Spectrum, had gotten approval from the student Senate last month for $2,100. Williams didn't sign or veto the request so it passed after five days but the group says the delay hurt their ability to order ...
Rock Witchu Tour features non-stop hits
By KEVIN NAFF, Washington Blade | Oct. 16 at 2:59 PM Oct. 16 at 2:59 PM
After postponing a string of shows due to illness, Janet Jackson returned in top form Wednesday night to her Rock Witchu Tour at Washington’s Verizon Center.
If she was suffering any lingering effects of the migraines and vertigo that plagued her over the past two weeks, it wasn’t apparent Wednesday night, as Jackson danced her way through nearly two-and-a-half hours of hits and their accompanying energetic, complex choreography.
Opening act LL Cool J was a no-show, but he was forgotten as soon as Jackson came to the stage in a blaze of pyrotechnics and smoke, a diva-worthy entrance if ever there was one. She opened with a medley of Control-era hits ...
Governor's office says law already in place
CHARLESTON (AP) | Oct. 16 at 1:20 PM Oct. 16 at 1:20 PM
As the general election approaches, a Christian evangelical group has issued an ultimatum to Gov. Joe Manchin: call a special session to pass a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, or face the wrath of voters.
The Family Policy Council of West Virginia told the governor on Oct. 9 that he had until Wednesday to agree to call the Legislature into session. The conservative group cites polling it commissioned of around 500 registered voters that it says found 73 percent supported an amendment defining marriage as a "union of one man and one woman."
"The donors to this organization, as well as my board, are asking -- rather stridently -- t ...
California's largest teacher's union voted to oppose measure with second donation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) | Oct. 16 at 11:51 AM Oct. 16 at 11:51 AM
California's largest teacher's union has given another $1 million to defeat a Nov. 4 ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in the state.
The contribution recorded Tuesday makes the California Teachers Association the largest institutional donor to the No on 8 campaign. CTA also gave $250,000 in August to Equality for All, a coalition of gay advocacy and civil rights groups opposing Proposition 8.
Union spokeswoman Sandra Jackson says CTA's 800-member policy body voted overwhelmingly to oppose the gay marriage ban. Jackson says the issue concerns educators because "teachers teach the importance of equal rights for all."
Dr. Eliza Bayard has served the org. since 2001
From Washington Blade staff reports | Oct. 16 at 10:26 AM Oct. 16 at 10:26 AM
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, an organization dedicated to making schools safe for all students, and its national board of directors have named Dr. Eliza Bayard as the organization's new executive director, according to a press release.
“The search committee had the unenviable task of finding a steward to follow in the footsteps of GLSEN’s founder and longtime national leader, Kevin Jennings. In Eliza, we found a leader with the vision, integrity, experience and bold wisdom to lead GLSEN and strengthen our greater national safe schools movement,” said Deborah Dagit, chair of the search committee and Chief Diversity Officer at Merck & Co ...
Gay man killed in Sept. attack near BeBar
By LOU CHIBBARO, JR. | Oct. 15 at 1:30 PM Oct. 15 at 1:30 PM
D.C. police today arrested an 18-year-old District man on a charge of voluntary manslaughter for the murder last month of gay Maryland resident Tony Randolph Hunter, who died Sept. 17, 10 days after police said he was attacked near the gay club BeBar.
Robert Lee Hanna, a resident of Northwest Washington, is being held while awaiting court processing on Thursday in connection with the Hunter murder after being apprehended about 11 a.m. today, police said.
At a news conference this afternoon, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and homicide squad Insp. Rodney Parks disclosed that investigators ruled out robbery as well a hate crime as the motive for the murder.
“At ...
N.Y. grants benefits to same-sex couples legally married elsewhere
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) | Oct. 15 at 8:27 AM Oct. 15 at 8:27 AM
A midlevel state appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on whether New York's policy granting benefits to gay couples legally married elsewhere should stand.
In March, Acting State Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara upheld the 2007 policy of the Department of Civil Service that extended health benefits to those spouses. He rejected a challenge by four plaintiffs claiming the policy violated New York's Constitution by using public funds to aid then Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political objectives.
Appeal arguments are set before the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Albany.
...
Couple on guest list in fete for Italian prime minister
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 14 at 11:59 AM Oct. 14 at 11:59 AM
Vice President Dick Cheney?s lesbian daughter, Mary Cheney, and her domestic partner, Heather Poe, were on the official guest list for a White House state dinner Monday in honor of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The guest list released by the White House indicates that Mary Cheney and Poe attended the dinner with Vice President Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, along with the vice president?s other daughter, Elizabeth Cheney.
Although gay activists were likely to be pleased that an out lesbian couple participated in an official White House dinner, some activists might question the way the guest list identified Poe.
The wives or husbands of dozens of U.S. governm ...
Urgency to marry intensified by pro-Prop. 8 fundraising
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) | Oct. 14 at 9:17 AM Oct. 14 at 9:17 AM
Gay couples from around California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage.
Aaron Twitchell and Orlando Manzo from Austin, Texas, waited two months for an appointment to get a marriage license in San Francisco. When they got to the city clerk's office, the line of people ahead of them was so long they worried they would be late for their own wedding.
"We are so happy California is so progressive they would allow something like this," said Manzo, 33, as his partner of nine years recently watched the clock and held a Tiffany's bag with their platinum rings inside ...
Voters may force convention to rewrite state's constitution
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) | Oct. 11 at 9:28 PM Oct. 11 at 9:28 PM
Now that the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled same-sex couples have the right to wed, opponents of gay marriage are pinning their hopes on an infrequent ballot question in a longshot bid to block the unions.
Every 20 years, voters can force a convention during which delegates can rewrite the entire constitution. It's a long, painstaking process that could cost millions and, by coincidence, it's on the ballot this November.
"This is our one opportunity for the people to have a voice, for the people to be heard, for them to decide whether marriage will be protected as between a man and a woman," said Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute ...
Conn. court legalizes gay marriage
Opponents call for constitutional convention
By LOU CHIBBARO JR. | Oct. 10 at 11:24 AM Oct. 10 at 11:24 AM
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled last week that same-sex couples have the right to marry under the state constitution and that a civil unions law enacted by the state three years ago fails to provide gay people with the “status and significance” of marriage.
Under the historic 4-3 ruling, Connecticut is poised to join Massachusetts and California as the third state to allow same-sex couples to marry.
The court ruling sharply rebukes arguments by state officials, including Republican Gov. Jodi Rell, that same-sex marriage was not necessary to provide gay couples equal rights and protections under the state’s constitution because the civil unions pro ...
Australian Mitcham scored four perfect 10s on final dive in Beijing
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) | Oct. 9 at 4:35 PM Oct. 9 at 4:35 PM
Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, who won a gold medal at Beijing with a remarkable final dive at the Water Cube, says he is surprised but understands why more athletes have not admitted to being gay.
"I was actually very surprised I was the only 'out' male at the Olympic Games," Mitcham, 20, said in Wednesday's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
"It's a little bit sad, I think, because statistically there should be a lot more but, it's each to one's own. I'm not going to pressure anybody else to come out of the closet because it's their own choice. I'm proud to be there ... that lots of other people can look up to."
Mitcham sc ...
Gays targeted in two new bias attacks
Muslim suspects told victims 'faggots' are 'stoned to death' in Middle East
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 9 at 10:39 AM Oct. 9 at 10:39 AM
Two men who identified themselves as Muslims were charged with assaulting a gay man in Georgetown after one of them said gay people are stoned to death in his home country in the Middle East, according to a police report.
A 23-year-old Georgetown University medical student was struck in the face Oct. 3 with a bottle wielded by one of the two men charged in the case, a police source said. The alleged attack occurred at about 3 a.m. along the C&O Canal.
The student was treated and released from Georgetown Uni-versity Hospital.
In a separate incident that unfolded at about 2 a.m. Sept. 27, police arrested an off-duty security guard for allegedly shouting an ...
Employee bound, pistol-whipped in Jan. incident
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 9 at 10:22 AM Oct. 9 at 10:22 AM
D.C. police announced Thursday that a 50-year-old man was indicted in August for assaulting an employee at the Human Rights Campaign’s Action Center and Store near Dupont Circle last January while forcing the employee to turn over money from a safe and cash register.
A statement released by the police Gay & Lesbian Liaison Unit says a D.C. Superior Court Grand Jury indicted Mark Stubblefield of Alexandria, Va., on multiple charges in connection with the incident. They include armed robbery, kidnapping while armed, second-degree burglary while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon (gun), carrying a dangerous weapon (gun), unregistered possession of a firearm, felonio ...
'A great loss to the HIV/AIDS community'
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 9 at 10:12 AM Oct. 9 at 10:12 AM
Gene Copello, executive director of the AIDS Institute, a public policy research and advocacy group, died Tuesday at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Va., from complications associated with kidney disease. He was 49.
Copello has been credited with helping to transform the AIDS Institute into an important national AIDS advocacy organization, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Tampa, Fla.
He recently attended a White House ceremony where President Bush signed a sweeping global AIDS relief bill, which Copello lobbied Congress to pass.
“This is a great loss to the AIDS Institute and the entire HIV/AIDS community, and we will forever miss Gene’s ...
Robert Lee Hannah now faces involuntary manslaughter case
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Oct. 23 at 7:56 PM Oct. 23 at 7:56 PM
The man accused of killing Tony Randolph Hunter, a gay Marylander, now faces a charge of involuntary rather than voluntary manslaughter.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg made the change during a 90-minute hearing for defendant Robert Lee Hannah, 18. Weisberg found that prosecutors failed to show probable cause that Hannah committed the more serious offense of voluntary manslaughter.
The judge?s decision came after defense attorney Madeline Harvey argued that Hannah and a witness told police that Hannah punched Hunter during a chance encounter only after Hunter touched Hannah on the groin and butt.
?I think the court can accept as evidence that Mr. Hannah was sexually ...
Obama scores 94, while McCain gets a 0
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Oct. 23 at 10:17 AM Oct. 23 at 10:17 AM
The Human Rights Campaign released its biennial scorecard assigning U.S. lawmakers ratings for their votes and sponsorship of gay-related legislation in the 110th Congress.
HRC notes that the 110th Congress marked the first time that the U.S. House voted on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the first time that both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate approved hate crimes legislation.
Here are some notable scores for lawmakers.
? Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Democratic presidential nominee, scored 94 on the scorecard. He lost points for not supporting HRC?s position on the Uniting American Families Act. Obama supports the bill but has not signed on as a co-sponsor. ...
Pelosi, Feinstein get involved, but Obama, Schwarzenegger on the sidelines
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Oct. 22 at 2:40 PM Oct. 22 at 2:40 PM
With less than two weeks remaining until California votes on a proposal to ban same-sex marriage, some gay rights advocates are questioning whether the “No on 8” campaign is doing everything possible to win.
Several high-profile political leaders that previously came out against Proposition 8 — such as Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — have not recently spoken out against the proposal.
But Gil Duran, a Feinstein spokesperson, said, “something is in the works,” referring to a television ad campaign featuring the senator urging a “no&rdqu ...
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