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<< Labor Roundup | Main | Analysis: Bush Tax Giveaway to Rich >> April 13, 2004Great News on Gay RightsAmidst all the discussion of gay marriage, it's worth remembering how much support for general gay rights has increased in the last decade. Look at this poll discussed (somewhat sadly) by the Baptist Press. Among the highlights: Even gay marriage is no vote winner for the GOP. Only 35% say Bush would handle the issue better than Kerry, essentially the same number who say Kerry would handle it better than Bush. And many of those who oppose gay marriage know they are fighting a battle they will inevitably lose-- 59 percent say its gay marriage legalization is inevitable. Update: Notably, even the Bush administration is afraid to go to far in attacking gay rights. His head of the Office of Special Counsel was quietly rolling back Clinton administration policy that had made discrimination against gays in government a violation of civil service rules. But after an outcry, the Bush administration reinstated the ban on discrimination against gay public employees. Posted by Nathan at April 13, 2004 07:16 AM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: Commentssadly, too, i believe a lot of this headway was made by none other than cartoonish/stereotyping shoes like queer eye and will&grace... Posted by: yoni at April 13, 2004 01:54 PM Yoni, I'm hard pressed to think of a regular television series that doesn't feature cartoonish, stereotypical characters. Cartoonish, stereotypical treatment of gay characters is simply equality in action. Posted by: rea at April 14, 2004 12:03 PM Post a comment
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