When Religion Disrupts Same-Sex Marriage Laws
It now seems as if only New Hampshire Governor John Lynch stands in the way of his state legislature's push to legalize same-sex marriage. In a statement released on Thursday, Lynch explained that HB 436, which passed last week, lacks adequate protection for religious dissenters to whom gay marriage could constitute an unfair attack on conscience or belief. ...
Democrats Now Boast Party ID Edge
A new Gallup poll released Friday foretells of significant electoral difficulties for the demographically-challenged Republican Party: Democrats now possess a party identification advantage across every age group, from 18- to 85-years-old. ...
'24' Gets D.C. Very, Very Wrong
Hollywood is hardly a bastion of accuracy, and this season of 24 only confirms it. The annual drama, filmed this year in good ole' Washington, D.C., is the television equivalent of a terrorist attack on good writing and taste. For the most part, this season's now infamous fabrications and exaggerations are harmless, ironic and humorous, especially to those of us who permanently reside in D.C. But for a show that has previously prided itself on its attention to detail, it would be an insult not to at least count them down (in 24-clock-esque form). Here are the best ones: ...
Democrats: Specter's Biggest Foes?
Last week's top politics story sounded a lot like a perverted game of Clue -- Arlen Specter (?-Pa), in the Senate, playing the defection card, killing what little cohesion the Republican Party still coveted. Add to that stinging defeat the retirement of Justice David Souter, and it was easy to understand why the GOP was so worried. ...
Weird White House Web Edits Infuriate LGBT Blogosphere
The blogosphere buzzed all day Thursday with indignation at the possibility that the Obama administration -- haunted by its heretofore silence on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues -- deleted many of the LGBT support goals previously found on WhiteHouse.gov's "Civil Rights" Web page. (Click the image to view the side-by-side comparison) ...
VA: McAuliffe's Mounting Youth Vote Problem
All eyes this week are appropriately affixed on Pennsylvania, the site of Sen. Arlen Specter's (R, D) forthcoming party defection. Yet, an arguably more contentious primary contest simmers hours south in the ever-purpling state of Virginia. ...
WaPo/ABC Poll: GOP Disapproval Growing
April's anticipated Washington Post/ABC News poll reveals a number of concerning trends for Republicans in Congress, the foremost of which is an 8 percent increase in the party's disapproval rating since February. ...
So What If Texas DID Secede From The Union?
The blogosphere is still rumbling this week after a suggestion by Texas Governor Rick Perry that the (now literally) Lone Star state secede from the embattled union. It does not help, of course, that a poll released on Thursday by Research2000 merely confirms the unfortunate truth that Perry's comments may have resonated among some Texans: In the survey, nearly 35 percent of respondents, mostly Republicans, indicated they felt Texas would be better off as an "independent nation." It would be naive to take these findings seriously; gauging public opinion on any topic is difficult and daunting, ...
Mapping the Gay Marriage Debate
First Iowa, then Vermont -- two states, in less than two weeks, have conferred marriage rights to same-sex couples. In the nation's capitol, meanwhile, the D.C. Council has approved a measure that would recognize gay marriages performed out of state -- a decision that, while unanimous, is still subject to a final vote and Congressional approval. In 29 other states, however, constitutional bans still prohibit in-state gay marriage, fail to recognize out-of-state gay marriage contracts, or bestow no domestic partnership benefits upon same-sex couples. The following map outlines those states in ...
Alaskan Republicans Ask for Begich's Resignation
Now that federal prosecutors have abandoned their ethics case against embattled Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the state's leading Republicans have asked Stevens' successor, Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, to defend his seat in a special election. The latest round of Alaskan political boondoggling began earlier this week when the state's GOP chair, Randy Ruedrich, publicly attributed Begich's close, 3,700-vote victory over Stevens last November to "a few thousand Alaskans [who] thought that Senator Stevens was guilty of seven felonies." Gov. Sarah Palin then echoed that assertion in a separate ...
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