While Obama’s support for same-sex marriage is a landmark, he left the question up to each state. By Thomas Fitzgerald Inquirer Politics Writer As President Obama’s motorcade knifed through Seattle on Thursday afternoon, it passed a woman sitting on the grass, a baby on her lap. She held up a yellow posterboard with a message spelled  Read More »

Now that President Obama has taken his boldest and riskiest stance on gay rights to date by endorsing same-sex marriage, advocates say it’s time to keep a 4-year-old campaign promise to sign an executive order banning antigay discrimination by federal contractors. Job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is already illegal in Washington,  Read More »

President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage marked a rare moment of risk-taking on the most divisive civil-rights issue in the nation, changing the dynamics of his race for re-election. Obama’s decision to declare his personal belief that same- sex couples should be allowed to marry thrilled his supporters at a time when the president needs  Read More »