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  • What will Rudy say to his gay friends?

    Speculation that Bush might replace unpopular veep Dick Cheney with the popular -- and extremely gay-friendly -- Rudolph Giuliani came to an abrupt halt when the president called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
    By Eric Boehlert February 26, 2004

  • Bush's war over gay marriage

    The president finally caves to the Christian right and backs a constitutional amendment, the better to beat up John Kerry. But will his newly emboldened right-wing allies go too far?
    By Tim Grieve February 26, 2004

  • A wedding, a revolution

    In San Francisco, one bride wore white and the other wore blue.
    By Laura McClure February 14, 2004

  • Avenging angel of the religious right

    Quirky millionaire Howard Ahmanson Jr. is on a mission from God to stop gay marriage, fight evolution, defeat "liberal" churches -- and reelect George W. Bush.
    By Max Blumenthal January 6, 2004

  • Lining up to fight "the forces of evil"

    The religious right will mount a scorched-earth battle against the Massachusetts decision to permit same-sex marriage. And the White House may join in.
    By Tim Grieve November 19, 2003

  • Why the U.S. must invade Canada -- now

    It didn't support the war, it's soft on pot and gays, its economy is rolling and U.S. troops are bored. Anyway, reasons to invade countries are no longer needed!
    By Steve Burgess June 30, 2003

  • Santorum's one-week scandal

    The White House masters the art of saying little, and a would-be scandal about a senator's anti-gay remarks seems to fade away.
    By Jake Tapper May 1, 2003

  • Thank you, Sen. Santorum

    Now I remember -- without the rosy post-9/11 patriotism coloring my view -- why I had to leave the United States.
    By Bruce Bawer April 29, 2003

  • Santorum and gays

    For the record: What the senator said, and what other Republicans are saying about it.
    April 26, 2003

  • Egypt's free pass

    Bush officials stand up for Afghan women. So why do they say nothing as Egypt jails and tortures gay men?
    By Cliff Rothman March 23, 2002

  • So much for family values

    Right-wing moralists threaten to take a child out of the only home he's ever known, simply because his parents are gay.
    By Robert Scheer March 19, 2002

  • Brand new war for the Army of God?

    Under government scrutiny for their ties to antiabortion anthrax hoax letters, the Army's leaders are spouting new, violent rhetoric against gays.
    By Frederick Clarkson February 19, 2002

  • Don't call me righty

    Why do leftist academics treat everyone who doesn't kowtow to their dogma as a flaming right-winger?
    By Bruce Bawer June 28, 2001

  • Why gays shouldn't serve

    By David Horowitz
    June 27, 2001

  • AIDS conclave off to rocky start

    A gay rights groups struggle with Islamic dogma at U.N. meeting.
    By Daryl Lindsey June 26, 2001

  • Bush swings both ways

    Appointing a gay AIDS czar, the president confounds both family-values supporters and homosexual groups.
    By Jake Tapper April 9, 2001

  • Along comes Mary

    Having a lesbian in the second family eases the pain of losing gay-friendly Bill Clinton. Now gay rights action returns to the state and local level -- where it matters most, anyway.
    By David Tuller January 22, 2001

  • Why is this race even close?

    Because George W. Bush has campaigned better, proposed more forward-thinking programs and proved, in the end, that he's smarter than Al Gore.
    By Andrew Sullivan November 6, 2000

  • Nothing about Mary

    While gay America watches, the GOP's second family closets its lesbian daughter.
    By Dave Cullen and Daryl Lindsey August 3, 2000

  • A gay Republican talks about trade

    Rep. Jim Kolbe says he's not the GOP's prime-time poster boy for tolerance. He wants to tell you about NAFTA.
    By Jake Tapper August 1, 2000

  • Gays blast Lynne Cheney's denial about her daughter

    Friends say Mary Cheney has publicly declared she's gay. Does mom's discomfort mean Mary will campaign from the GOP's closet?
    By Dave Cullen and Daryl Lindsey August 1, 2000

  • All in the family

    Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary, is expected to stump for the GOP ticket. As the gay corporate relations manager for Coors, she knows all about the hard sell.
    By Dave Cullen July 29, 2000

  • No out Scouts

    Plaintiff James Dale, the Boy Scouts, Andrew Sullivan and others react to the ruling that the organization can exclude gays.
    By Daryl Lindsey and Fiona Morgan June 29, 2000

  • The war over Dr. Laura

    A gay activist boycott of the conservative radio host backfires when the religious right jumps in.
    By Kerry Lauerman June 20, 2000

  • Should gays serve?

    A Salon panel debates the ban on homosexuals in the military.
    By Daryl Lindsey June 9, 2000
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