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1. Palin's debate comments on DP benefits contradicted by record

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 07, 2008

An assertion by Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during last week's debate that "no one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin administration, to do anything to prohibit, say, visitations in a hospital or contracts being signed" by same-sex couples reportedly contradicts her previous stance on the issue. In August 2007, Palin told Newsweek that the only reason she let stand such benefits as Alaska governor was because striking them would have violated the state's constitution. A McCain campaign spokeswoman said Palin is against "all forms of discrimination against people with different lifestyles." Newsweek (10/13)


2. Gays win marriage rights in Conn. high-court ruling

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 10, 2008

The Connecticut Supreme Court, citing the state constitution's equal protection clause, has ruled 4-3 in favor of granting equal marriage rights to same-sex couples. The decision in Kerrigan v. the State Commissioner of Public Health was filed by eight couples who were turned down for marriage licenses in 2004 and did not believe the state's 2005 civil-union law granted them equal rights to married couples. Hartford Courant (Conn.), The (10/10)


3. How Fox misplayed gay card in blaming Fannie Mae mess on Frank

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 07, 2008

Blogger David Fiderer believes Fox News Channel decided to try to lay the blame for the crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on out U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., after Frank reportedly corrected Fox host Bill O'Reilly, who then had an on-camera "meltdown." Fox was trying to draw attention to Frank's Fannie Mae "love connection" -- his relationship with former Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses -- and also raised the question of whether Frank had escaped blame because he's gay. However, Frank's relationship with Moses and the latter's tenure at Fannie Mae both ended in 1998, while the roots of the crisis go back to 2004, Fiderer writes. Huffington Post, The (10/06)


4. Is family flick about two hockey dads part of new gay-film trend?

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 10, 2008

Los Angeles Times (free registration) (10/07)


5. Oklahoma legislator Kern says gay sex is "a danger to life"

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 10, 2008

Controversial anti-gay Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern intimated that sex between same-sex partners is a greater threat than terrorism. In a debate against her Democratic opponent, Kern said, "While terrorism has killed more than 3,000 people in the continental United States in the last 15 years, homosexual behavior has killed more than 100,000." On Top Magazine (10/10)


6. Uganda official calls for country to stop "globalization" of homosexuality

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 07, 2008

Google (10/05)


7. Survey shows Sunshine State marriage ban favored by voters

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 10, 2008

Miami Herald, The (10/08)


8. Hillary Clinton: Obama White House would offer "equality," "dignity" for straights, gays

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 07, 2008

Google (10/05)


9. Group questions how lawmaker can oppose marriage rights, back hate-crimes bill

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 07, 2008

Oregonian (Portland), The (10/03)


10. Boycott of McDonald's by anti-gay group called off

Gay & Lesbian Leadership SmartBrief | Oct 10, 2008

Chicago Tribune (free registration) (10/10)




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