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Reuters Obama, Bayard Rustin, and the New LGBT Civil-Rights Movement
As the U.S. celebrates the equality movement of the 1960s, a new one is on the march. Could anyone have tethered the two like the first black president?
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Obama Pitched Gay Marriage to the Justices—Without Setting Foot in Court
Activists have been clamoring for the White House to weigh in on an upcoming Supreme Court case. With his inaugural address, the president did them one better.
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Obama Finally Solves His Pastor Problem
By dropping Louie Giglio from the inauguration, the president sends a message that diversity of backgrounds is no longer going to be an excuse for tolerating homophobia.
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Why Barack Obama Will Be a More Effective Liberal in His Second Term
It's not because he'd move far to the left -- it's because he now knows how and when to pull the levers of power in Washington.
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What Gay Rights Activists Can Teach the Left About Winning
Nothing seems to provoke Obama more than being challenged by the progressive base. Maybe that's why it's working.
