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Those years. >> that may not all be celebration, if its in the castro and we havent got the prop 8. >> prop 8. on the same night that barack obama was voted president, california voted to take away existing marriage rights from same-sex couples. the same electorate that gave california to barack obama over john mccain by a 24-point margin, voted by more than four points to take away existing gay couples marriage rights. and from that perspective, it sounds like that was a surprising vote, but th...

Its clearing the way for hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples. its lifting the travel and immigration band for people living with hiv. its ordering the federal housing authority to not can consider the sexual orientation of people who apply for housing loans. its expanding the census, even, to make sure that people in same-sex relationships get counted. its directing u.s. agencies who work with foreign countries to ensure that our humanitarian and diplomatic efforts abroad take into a...

Heart. >> certainly me, having written for the papers out there all those years. >> that may not all be celebration, if its in the castro and we havent got the prop 8. >> prop 8. on the same night that barack obama was voted president, california voted to take away existing marriage rights from same-sex couples. the same electorate that gave california to barack obama over john mccain by a 24-point margin, voted by more than four points to take away existing gay couples marriage rights. and from...

Republican nominee for president, not only is he not trying to mainstream gay and lesbian equality, he is actively working against it. hes promising to fight it. hes pledging to pursue an amendment to the united states constitution to ban marriage rights for same-sex couples. to impose that no matter what individual states want. when the romney campaign appointed an openly gay spokesman recently, he was hounded out of the job on the basis of the fact that he was gay. >> personnel is policy. when...

Loans. its expanding the census, even, to make sure that people in same-sex relationships get counted. its directing u.s. agencies who work with foreign countries to ensure that our humanitarian and diplomatic efforts abroad take into accounts the rights of gay and lesbian people in those other countries. its supporting states that are trying to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. the administration did not always do that. they didnt, for example, do that before the vote on same-sex marr...

We should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement if thats what a state chooses to do so. >> that was george w. bush in 2004 saying that he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples. 2004, the last republican president. the current republican nominee for president is against that. >> i think people have differing views on marriage and i respect peoples different views. im in favor of traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. and i dont favor civil union or gay mar...

I care about whether a politician hurts people in their job as a politician. whether you are using your power to hurt people is the relevant thing. not how you feel about it privately while youre doing that. thats always been my belief on it, personally. the flip side to that, as a matter of principle, is whats going on in the barack obama administration. the barack obama administration has been very, very, very pro-gay rights. they have pursued at every level policies to improve the lives of ga...

Matter of principle, is whats going on in the barack obama administration. the barack obama administration has been very, very, very pro-gay rights. they have pursued at every level policies to improve the lives of gay americans and to further gay rights. its not just repealing dont ask, dont tell. its expanding federal benefits for the same-sex partners of people who work in the executive branch. its signing the hate crimes act into law. its clearing the way for hospital visitation rights for s...

President, not only is he not trying to mainstream gay and lesbian equality, he is actively working against it. hes promising to fight it. hes pledging to pursue an amendment to the united states constitution to ban marriage rights for same-sex couples. to impose that ban federally, no matter what individual states want. when the romney campaign appointed an openly gay spokesman recently, he was hounded out of the job on the basis of the fact that he was gay. >> personnel is policy. when governo...

Rights or other things? >> well, i -- i -- i dont think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement if thats what a state chooses to do so. >> that was george w. bush in 2004 saying that he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples. 2004, the last republican president. the current republican nominee for president is against that. >> i think people have differing views on marriage and i respect peoples different views. im in favor of traditional marriage, between a ...