How Movable Is John McCain?
Gay Republicans are hoping the Arizona senator can be won over to our side. Don't count on it.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid58856.asp?page=1By Charles Kaiser
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Advocate.com exclusive posted August 4, 2008
With every new presidential election, the gap between Democrats and Republicans on gay issues grows steadily wider. Consider some glaring differences:
During a June 26 Democratic fund-raiser hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council in New York, Michelle Obama declared, "We are only here because of those who marched and bled and died -- from Selma to Stonewall." And in a letter read to the San Francisco–based Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club this June, her husband both pledged to "support extending fully equal rights and benefits to same-sex couples under both state and federal law" and sent his congratulations to "all of you who have shown your love for each other by getting married these last few weeks." Barack Obama is also undoubtedly the first presidential candidate to repeatedly attack homophobia in the black community, while speaking before black audiences.
