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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Pelosi to Back off "Controversial" Issues in 2010
By Michelle Garcia
NANCY PELOSI 20091217 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
House speaker Nancy Pelosi said that representatives will not address issues
like "don't ask, don't tell," immigration reform, or partner benefits for
gay federal employees until the Senate acts on those issues first, in order
to protect vulnerable members' seats.
With the 2010 election looming, Pelosi privately told fellow representatives
that the move is in order to keep a Dem | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 2 No Homo for Obama in 2010
By Advocate.com Editors
Newsweek has issued its political predictions for 2010, and coming in at
number 9, the magazine posits that President Obama will do nothing for gay
rights because he fears waging a culture war as midterm elections loom.
Newsweek writes, "What the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered
community has learned this year is that the president is ultimately a
pragmatist. Although his very presence in the White House is the stuff of
culture wars, Oba |
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