2012 Presidential Election

LGBT voters prove ultra crucial to Obama's re-election

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 16th, 2012

Pollsters and pundits pouring through the 2012 election results have arrived at an amazing conclusion: The LGBT vote proved to be a huge factor in the re-election of President Barack Obama.

Two separate groups – the Williams Institute in conjunction with Gallup Poll as well as the Human Rights Campaign – sifted through the numbers provided by exit polling, which for the first time asked voters if they were gay, lesbian or bisexual. Exit polling showed that 5% of the electorate identified as LGBT, according to Williams Distinguished Scholar Gary J. Gates.

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OBAMA IS RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT | VIDEO

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 6th, 2012

President Barack Obama was re-elected Tuesday night after a long and grueling campaign against Republican opponent Mitt Romney. He was declared the winner at 8:13 pm PT.

Obama won the Electoral College handily, according to preliminary results.

The President crafted together a strong base on the liberal West Coast and Northeast, and won critical swing states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Colorado, Virginia and Minnesota. It is now clear that Obama's declaration in support of marriage equality and LGBT rights did not harm his re-election chances.

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NEWS ANALYSIS: This election is “most important vote LGBT Americans have ever faced”

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 5th, 2012

So much is at stake on Election Day for LGBT Americans.

Will Barack Obama, the most gay-friendly President in U.S. history who supports marriage equality, get re-elected to a second term?

Will Mitt Romney, who has proudly stated his anti-gay views throughout the campaign and signed the NOM Pledge, win the White House?

VIDEO: Cher and Kathy Griffin call out Mitt Romney, GOP on women’s, LGBT issues

SDGLN Staff
November 3rd, 2012

LOS ANGELES – Gay icons Cher and Kathy Griffin have a special message for America about presidential nominee Mitt Romney and other Republicans.

The video is part of the “Actually…” series that have featured Rosie Perez, Sarah Silverman and Kamau Bell as they tackled the many lies of the Romney/Ryan campaign.

New HRC ad attacks Mitt Romney's record on LGBT rights

Brody Levesque - LGBTQ Nation
November 3rd, 2012

WASHINGTON -- With the 2012 presidential election just days away, the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest LGBT equality rights advocacy group, released a new ad attacking Mitt Romney record on LGBT rights.

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COMMENTARY: Ryan invites feminist to phone for Romney — OOPS!

Kit-Bacon Gressitt – SDGLN Contributor
November 1st, 2012

On Tuesday, one day after the worst of Hurricane Sandy and one week before Election Day, I received an email from Republican VP candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, inviting me to phone bank for the Romney-Ryan ticket.

Me! The feminist who “won’t vote for Romney or anyone who embraces a fundamentalist interpretation of women’s rights and roles.” A liberal woman phone banking for Romney? Not!

Firm accused of sending unsolicited anti-gay texts to voters

SDGLN Staff
October 31st, 2012

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate mass spam texts that are taking aim at President Barack Obama, marriage equality, and a number of other progressive issues.

Recently, HRC supporters have received unsolicited anti-gay text messages such as: “Obama endorses the legality of same-sex marriage. Say No to Obama at the polls on Nov 6.”

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COMMENTARY: Mean Mitt is a rotten apple in a bad barrel

Wayne Besen - Truth Wins Out
October 31st, 2012

In this election cycle, much of America has been riveted by the eye-popping extremism of several Republican candidates. Donald Trump, the rich builder turned ridiculous “birther” is the posterboy for the sickness that has seduced the modern GOP.

VIDEO: What President Obama told MTV about marriage equality, LGBT rights

SDGLN Staff
October 27th, 2012

WASHINGTON – During an interview with MTV conducted Friday at the White House, President Barack Obama confirmed his support for marriage equality and LGBT equality.

Obama said it should be up to individual states to determine whether to approve marriage-equality laws and said he expected the courts to weigh in on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which he believes is unconstitutional.

The President noted that he originally supported civil unions, but that his opinion evolved as he spoke to same-sex couples who persuaded him that civil unions were not equal to marriage.

COMMENTARY: How Log Cabin Republicans abandoned gay rights

Ned Flaherty - Project Manager, Marriage Equality USA
October 26th, 2012

(Editor's note: This commentary first appeared in LGBTQ Nation, a media partner of SDGLN.)

The Log Cabin Republicans now have squandered their last ounce of potential credibility.