As Mitt Romney has regained his status as front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination in some national polls, several rivals have sought to revisit his past shifts on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage in an attempt to erode his support within the Republican base.
Category Archives: election 2012
HRC to GOP Candidates: Where Do You Stand on Herman Cain’s Remarks?
One day after GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain appeared on “The View” and declared that people choose to be gay, the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – is asking Cain’s fellow candidates to clarify where they standon the issue.
Democrats Endorse Solomon for Woolsey Seat
Progressive Democrats of America has just announced its first endorsement of the 2012 election season: Norman Solomon for Congress in California’s Second Congressional District, which runs from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Solomon has served as co-chair of PDA’s Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign for the last four years.
Anti-Gay Group Flouts Election Laws to Keep Donors Secret
As the 2012 elections gain steam and scrutiny over campaign finance laws intensifies, the Human Rights Campaign today issued a memorandum detailing the National Organization for Marriage’s unprecedented attempts to circumvent election disclosure laws, and how federal courts and state election boards continue to reject NOM’s claims – on at least six different occasions, the most recent earlier this month.
GOProud to Defeat Obama
The 2012 race for the Presidency is now in full swing and we want you to know that GOProud’s number one organizational goal between now and November of next year is defeating Barack Obama. We cannot, however, do this without your help!
Progressives turn on Obama, and so will some gays
The pathetic performance of President Obama in the debt debate is showing the left how incompetent and weak a leader it selected. Many are wishing they had Hillary Clinton in the White House instead!
The Danger of the Obama Recession Turning into the Obama Depression
Recent reports are a grave warning sign that Washington must act now to prevent the economy from becoming much worse. They make clear the urgency with which the job-killing policies of the last 2.5 years must be replaced by pro-jobs solutions for economic growth.
HRC Endorses President Barack Obama for Reelection
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today announced its endorsement of President Barack Obama for reelection. The decision was made based on the President’s demonstrated commitment to LGBT equality and his record of accomplishment, from major legislative victories to critical administrative reforms.
Obama Needs a Job
As Americans head to the ballot box in November 2012, they will be asking themselves a fundamental question: Am I better off than I was 4 years ago?
Solmonese: ‘Reasonable people would conclude that the RNC believes in discrimination against LGBT people’
Yesterday, Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, sent a letter to Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus, questioning a new RNC website that demonizes progress toward LGBT equality.
A victory for President Obama in 2012 is a victory for the LGBT community
“Barack Obama was the right choice for America in 2008 and is still very much the right choice for America in 2012,” said Michael Mitchell, National Stonewall Democrats Executive Director. “Because of the scores of actions beneficial to the LGBT community that the Obama administration has taken – all of which would have never happened under a GOP administration – President Obama is also the right choice for the LGBT community.
