All posts tagged "republican party"
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Jim DeMint To Leave Senate To Head Conservative Think Tank
Anti-gay Sen. Jim DeMint announced Thursday that he would resign from the Senate to head one of the country’s largest conservative think tanks. The South...
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FRC’s Tony Perkins Predicts “Revolution” After Marriage Equality Wins
The president of the anti-gay Family Research Council is predicting “revolution” following a clean sweep of historic victories for the LGBT-rights movement on Election Day. ...
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Gay Republican’s Final Ad Provides Break From the Campaign
Richard Tisei appears confident he will be the next congressman for Massachusetts’s 6th District. Nowhere is that confidence more apparent than in Tisei’s closing cable...
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Gay Republican Recants Allegation He Was Assaulted for Political Beliefs
A gay Republican who said he was the target of a brutal beating last week because of his political beliefs and sexual orientation has recanted...
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Romney Silent on ENDA Position After Log Cabin Endorsement
Members of the left and the right are demanding answers after rumors that Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in exchange for...
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Boston Globe Endorses Gay Republican House Candidate
An out gay Republican running for the House of Representatives has secured the endorsement of one of his state’s largest newspapers. The Boston Globe has...
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Sen. Arlen Specter Remembered for Moderate Streak on LGBT Issues
Former Sen. Arlen Specter, the longest serving senator in Pennsylvania history, died on Sunday from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. The 82-year-old legislator, whose career took...
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Rep. Barney Frank Supports Democratic Opponent of Gay Republican
Out gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) continued his campaign against gay Republicans yesterday when he voiced his support for the Democratic opponent of a gay...
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Party Time
During the past long weekend – thanks to organized labor – I had a chance to spend about 48 hours in Florida visiting with my...
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Billionaire Koch Brother Supports Marriage Equality
Marriage equality supporters found a new ally in an unlikely place earlier this week. The American billionaire and political activist David Koch, who, with his...
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Tea Party Push
Just two years ago, the tea party movement threatened to upend the balance of power within the Republican Party. Conservatives were angry, not just with...
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New Ad Encourages Republican Support for Marriage Equality
In a new ad released Friday, Republican San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders speaks out about his support for marriage equality and the need for more...
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GOProud Endorses Tommy Thompson for Senate Against Lesbian Tammy Baldwin
A group of gay conservatives officially voted to put their support behind Republican Tommy Thompson in the Wisconsin Senate race against lesbian Democratic Rep. Tammy...
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Young Conservatives Urge GOP To Support Marriage Equality as Log Cabin Nears Endorsement
A group of young conservatives urged the platform-drafting committee for the Republican National Committee to endorse marriage equality in a letter sent earlier this week....
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Romney Taps Ryan
At a morning rally Aug. 11 in Virginia, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney introduced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate....
