Tag Archives: WaPo

Washington Post writes: Obama starts the general election with 15 states (plus the District of Columbia) and 196 electoral votes solidly for him while Romney begins with 21 states and 170 electoral votes solidly in his corner. (One of the states solidly for Romney is Indiana, where Obama won in 2008 but no one expects a repeat performance in 2012.) …

According to the Washington Post, while in an expensive prep school Mitt Romney bullied a classmate for his perceived homosexuality and tackled the kid to hack off his dyed blond hair. John Lauber, a soft-spoken new student one year behind Romney, was perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality. Now he was walking around the all-boys school with bleached-blond …

From the Washington Post: WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jay Carney spent a good chunk of his time during a briefing last week trying to explain why President Obama has declined to issue an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation. Mr. Carney struggled for some eight minutes but was unable to give a satisfactory …

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From the Washington Post: Bob Green, a onetime radio DJ who married pop singer and Miss Oklahoma Anita Bryant, was found dead Jan. 26 at his home in Miami Beach. He was 80. Mr. Green managed his wife’s rise to stardom as an entertainer and Florida citrus spokeswoman, then followed her into anti-gay activism, which ultimately destroyed their careers — …

Clever prankster.

According to a new WaPo/ABC poll.

AmericaBlog tips us to today’s hilarious shot of Crazy Eyes in the Washington Post. Could this be even better/worse than her infamous Newsweek shot? Get ready for the wingnuts to attack WaPo for “purposely selecting an unflattering photo.”

Via Washington Post: Support for Obama has softened considerably on the left: In the new poll, 31 percent of liberals say they are certain to vote for Obama next year, down from 46 percent in June. One in five liberals says they “definitely will not” vote for him, while a 43 percent plurality says they’ll considering casting a ballot for …

From the editorial board of the Washington Post: With a presidential campaign that promises to be closer and more contentious than the one that got him elected four years ago, Mr. Obama and his team might be reluctant to embrace a controversial social issue when the economy and jobs are of paramount importance to voters. At some point, though, doing …

Greg Sargent is optimistic. A historic day for marriage equality? The most important thing to watch today: New York’s state legislature is on the verge of voting to become the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. Proponents are one vote in the state senate short of making today a very big day indeed for marriage equality. The larger story is …

The Washington Post editorial board has called for a moratorium on the deportations of foreign gays in legal-sanctioned relationships with American citizens. DOMA has been an impediment to the rights of gay men and lesbians since its inception in 1996. It withholds from same-sex couples the legal protections, obligations and privileges enjoyed by their heterosexual counterparts. Repeal appears out of …

According to a national poll issued today by the Washington Post/ABC News, a slim majority of Americans now support marriage equality. NOM’s Brian Brown is denouncing the wording of the poll’s question. Five years ago, at 36 percent, support for gay marriage barely topped a third of all Americans. Now, 53 percent say gay marriage should be legal, marking the …

Openly gay Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart appeared on MSNBC’s Daily Rant segment tonight to rail against Sen. John McCain’s position on DADT.

In response to widespread criticism for publishing an anti-gay editorial from Family Research Council head Tony Perkins, the Washington Post has posted a response from the mother of 11 year-old Carl Walker-Hoover, who took his life last year after relentless homophobic bullying. An excerpt: I am a single mother and a devout Christian who had never been involved in advocacy …

“Some homosexuals may recognize intuitively that their same-sex attractions are abnormal–yet they have been told by the homosexual movement, and their allies in the media and the educational establishment, that they are ‘born gay’ and can never change. This and not society’s disapproval may create a sense of despair that can lead to suicide. “The most important thing that Christians …

The GOP’s new “Pledge With America,” while full of teabaggery nonsense, only makes one mention of supporting “traditional marriage,” and says nothing more about opposing LGBT rights. Anti-gay groups are, of course, displeased, although the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins calls it a “step in the right direction.” Today the Washington Post discusses LGBT rights and the GOP: As polls …

Today the Washington Post examines the two newest groups on the gay political scene. It’s been a big, loud gay year, and a pair of young gay rights groups on opposite ends of the political spectrum have tried to be heard above the noise in Washington: GOProud, from its basement office in Capitol Hill, and GetEQUAL, a nationwide, direct-action network …

I watch one episode and this is what happens? I’m sure Sarah Palin’s teabagger drones don’t read the WaPo Express, so we should be safe from her army of trolls on this. Real critics of the show who dissed Bristol’s dancing haven’t been so lucky. (Sent by JMG reader Nicholas)

The Washington Post’s David Weigel has picked up my post about the Family Research Council lobbying against a congressional condemnation of Uganda’s “kill gays” bill. Gay City News and blogger Joe My God dug into the lobbying records of the Family Research Council and found that among the “Civil Rights/Civil Liberties” issues that the FRC’s Tom McCluskey and David Christensen …