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There are two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the fulfillment and acceptance that marriage conveys upon heterosexuals. That’s essentially the case President Obam Full Article at The Washington Post

Since last year, I’ve been telling folks that the 2012 campaign for president would be an ugly affair. That the racist fringe that attached itself to the Tea Party movement would be unbridled in its passion to defeat President Obama. The proposed ad camp Full Article at The Washington Post

LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday afternoon, the nonprofit group Students Matter (www.studentsmatter.org) sponsored a groundbreaking lawsuit against the state of California and the California Department of Education to strike down outda Full Article at PR Newswire

In a historic interview last week, President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. As he discussed his journey toward that position, the president sounded many familiar themes, like the importance of distinguishing between civil and religiou Full Article at The New York Times

President Obama’s decision to support gay marriage came after years of pressure from some of his most ardent supporters. One of them is Chad Griffin, the 38-year-old incoming president of Human Rights Campaign, an adovcacy group for gay rights. Griffin i Full Article at The Washington Post

On the morning (well, the day) after President Obama’s announcement of support for same-sex marriage, many people are asking: so how will that change things? Is this the dawn of, or precursor to, the ability for gay and lesbian couples to marry anywhere Full Article at The New York Times

There are a number of theories as to why President Obama won’t let his words match his deeds with regard to same-sex marriage. But the one I find most irksome is the one that says he’s afraid of political backlash from African Americans. Not content to t Full Article at The Washington Post

At the Human Rights Campaign dinner in 2009 , President Obama told the crowd, “I. I want to be honest about that, because it’s important to be honest among friends.” At the sam Full Article at The Washington Post

Supporters of gay marriage rally outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as judges rule that California's Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, in San Francisco on February 7, 2012. UPI/Terry Schmitt License photo LONDON, Apr Full Article at United Press International

An op-ed today in the News and Observer against an anti-same-sex marriage amendment to the North Carolina state constitution is nothing short of stunning. Not only because of who wrote it, but also because of the argument they make. For the first time th Full Article at The Washington Post

LOS ANGELES, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of eight gay and lesbian couples in Nevada seeking marriage equality. The case, Sevcik v. Sandoval, asserts that Nevada' Full Article at PR Newswire

A sequel to the record-breaking viral video Kony 2012 has been , the non-profit Invisible Children says. The original 30-minute video posted to YouTube on March 5 has been watched almost 87 million times and generated popular support. But it has been cri Full Article at USA Today

When a light is shined into the dark corners of American politics, it’s never pleasant to see what scurries away. Last week, a federal judge in Maine unsealed memos from the National Organization for Marriage, one of the most prominent groups fighting ag Full Article at The New York Times

It’s common knowledge that politicians and political organizations devise less-than-wholesome schemes for winning over voters. But it’s one thing to know that, in the abstract, and quite another to actually read a strategy memo that’s not intended for pu Full Article at The New York Times

Politics ain’t beanbag, as Mitt Romney likes to say. And fighting for civil rights isn’t, either. People will stop at nothing to deny others the right to the dignity and respect that comes with first-class citizenship in this country. We saw it — and con Full Article at The Washington Post

LOS ANGELES — On a warm Friday afternoon three years ago, Rob Reiner, the director, arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills estate of David Geffen, the entertainment mogul. Mr. Reiner and his political adviser, Chad H. Griffin, had spent six months drafti Full Article at The New York Times

As he had many times before, Judge Vaughn R. Walker — impeccably dressed in a gray suit and muted red tie — took command of the room. It was not a courtroom, but the Verdi Club, the site of a law-and-order-themed evening of storytelling hosted by San Fra Full Article at The New York Times

For renowned Washington attorney Ted Olson, mounting the legal battle against Proposition 8, the California initiative banning same-sex marriage, doesn’t just mark a high point in his 45-year career — during which he has argued nearly 60 times before the Full Article at The Washington Post

A state dinner at the White House is a magical event. A time for the president of the United States to showcase his country and celebrate the descendants from the honored country who now call America home. It’s also a time to send messages. And when it c Full Article at The Washington Post