Big Tent News: Obama's Gay Rights To Do List -Eight Big Ideas

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Big Tent News: Obama's Gay Rights To Do List -Eight Big Ideas
from Richard Socarides in the New Yorker

The election was three weeks ago, but gays, lesbians, and their supporters are still jubilant over the results—which many consider a turning point for the gay rights movement. Not only was the first pro-gay-marriage President reëlected but his support for gay rights helped put him over the top, energizing base constituencies and generating campaign contributions from liberal donors. That kind of success has one drawback. Gay-rights advocates worry that because they have been so successful over these past four years, they might be hard-pressed to come up with an equally bold and ambitious agenda for the second Obama term. Luckily, they have some ideas for the President.

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