No on Prop 8, the not-for-profit that Democrats set up to challenge California’s proposed same sex marriage ban, could be the most ill-conceived thing to come out of Hollywood since Flubber. Despite its record $35 million in contributions and help from Ellen Degeneres and other stars, it went down in flames on Election Day, no …

The answer to how we solve the second half of that headline lies in the first. It’s a bittersweet morning for gay America as we wake up to a world in which Barack Obama is President and gay marriage has been banned from the constitutions of Florida, Arizona and most notably, California, where just five …

I’ve fortified myself with ice cream and beer, and still I can’t stop worrying.
The poll results are still too preliminary to tell who will win the presidency, however I think it’s looking more and more (with only 1% of polls nationally reporting) that if Obama does win, it won’t be the landslide some were …

The gay marriage ban is trailing 49-44 in a new Field Poll out today with a 3.3 margin of error. Among Protestants, 60% in favor, 33% opposed. Among Catholics, 44% in favor, 48% opposed.
My concern throughout this campaign has been No on 8. unwillingness to go to conservative areas of California to challenge the Yes …

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Controversial porn director Michael Lucas is in California this week, getting married to his longtime partner, Richard. Lucas, who the New Republic has called “Gay Porn’s Neocon Kingpin” spoke with us about Prop. 8, Obama’s commitment to Israel and the future of conservatism in America (even if he doesn’t consider himself a part …

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The gay community finally has a museum to call its own. Beginning from the collection of ONE Magazine, the ONE Archives Gallery and Museum, which opened earlier this month, aims to preserve the past and secure the future of LGBT peoples by providing greater access to queer history. Flaming Politics spoke with Dr. …

I hope I’m proven wrong, but a little more than two weeks away from the election, my growing sense is that Proposition 8, which will outlaw gay marriage in California, will pass. Come November 5th, the gay community will cry out in anger and anguish at the homophobia and bigotry they face– but in reality, …

Bad news for gay marriage in the Golden State.
Surevy USA released a troubling poll late Monday night (paid for by CBS 5) showing California evenly split on Proposition 8, which would outlaw same-sex marriage. Previous surveys showed Californians against the measure, but this survey, conducted over the weekend, shows 47% are for the measure while …

A first for the country, the Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain has done an interview with the gay press– what there is left of it. His choice of venue, The Washington Blade, shows that at least someone in his campaign knows something about gay media. The Blade, often described as the gay paper of record …

Well, by that logic, conservatives who support amending the U.S. Constitution to specify that marriage is between a man and a woman also have the same position as McCain and Obama: they oppose gay marriage too. There’s a lot more nuance between these positions than you’re acknowledging.
Further, I’m not aware of an …

Dorian, you wrote:
Interesting note: both tickets will have the same position on same-sex marriage, regardless of their VP picks.
Um, no. They both oppose a federal amendment to the Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, and in theory, they both believe states should define marriage as they see fit - …

Talking Points Memo caught up with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom just after he made a keynote address at Netroots Nation in Austin. I’m fascinated with Newsom and the very real prospects that he could be elected Governor of California. Here he talks about his two great political passions, the environment and social justice and …