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Will the new Archbishop of Canterbury deal with LGBT issues?

Todd Clayton - Religion, Faith and Values Media Intern at GLAAD
November 10th, 2012

While those of us in the United States were digging out from under election news, the Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, was named the new archbishop of Canterbury on Friday morning in London. The current archbishop—the Most Rev. Rowan Williams—announced in March that he would be stepping down at the end of the 2012. Bishop Welby—who worked as an oil executive for twenty years before entering the priesthood—received his post as bishop a short year ago.

Christian Right failed to sway voters on issues

LAURIE GOODSTEIN - THE NEW YORK TIMES
November 10th, 2012

Christian conservatives, for more than two decades a pivotal force in American politics, are grappling with Election Day results that repudiated their influence and suggested that the cultural tide — especially on gay issues — has shifted against them.

They are reeling not only from the loss of the presidency, but from what many of them see as a rejection of their agenda. They lost fights against same-sex marriage in all four states where it was on the ballot, and saw anti-abortion-rights Senate candidates defeated and two states vote to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Democrats' victory in Oregon House clears path for openly lesbian Speaker

LGBTQ Nation and SDGLN Staff Reports
November 10th, 2012

SALEM, Ore. -- After fiercely contested races around the state, Democrats are poised to take over Oregon’s House of Representatives with a 34-26 majority, clearing the path for the ascension of openly lesbian House Democratic Leader Tina Kotek to the Speaker's chair.

The victory breaks the previous split legislative body, that saw a 30-30 tie in the state House.

Colorado legislature turns blue, meaning civil unions will likely be approved

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 9th, 2012

DENVER, Colo. – Democrats swept to power in Colorado on Tuesday, taking control over both branches of government, and all but assuring that a civil unions bill will be passed in 2013.

VIDEO: “Big Brother” winner in Australia proposes to his boyfriend

News Limited Network
November 9th, 2012

“Big Brother” winner Benjamin Norris - after claiming the major prize of $250,000 and a new car - got down on bended knee, pulled out a diamond passed down from his great-grandfather and asked for his partner Ben Williams' hand in marriage.

It was a touching moment, one that brought the issue of gay marriage into the lounge rooms of the 1.5 million Australian viewers who tuned in to watch the “Big Brother” finale on Channel Nine.

But this was a proposal for a wedding that will never happen.

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Autopsy on an election

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 8th, 2012

Ten things we may have learned from the 2012 elections:

1. The culture war is over. For real. GOP strategist Karl Rove needs to tear that chapter from his playbook and burn it in the nearest fireplace. The tired old tactics of the Far Right to demonize LGBT Americans and minorities no longer work. Just look at the ballot box on Nov. 6 for proof.

LIVE BLOG: 2012 election results important to LGBT Americans

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 7th, 2012

(Editor's note: SDGLN will be publishing a live blog tonight to track major election results that affect the LGBT community. This will be updated constantly throughout the night. Individual stories will be published separately on the presidential race, the San Diego mayoral race, the San Diego Board of Supervisors' race involving Dave Roberts, and the four marriage-equality ballots.)

President Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States. Read SDGLN's full story HERE.

Anti-gay group NOM reacts to election losses: "We are not defeated"

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
November 7th, 2012

"We are not defeated in our fight for traditional marriage," reads the headline on NOM's blog. "Americans remain strongly in favor of marriage as the union of one man and one woman," wrote a Brian Brown, NOM president.

Black pastor reflects on marriage equality success in Maryland

Marcus Brock - Media Field Strategist at GLAAD
November 7th, 2012

Pastor Joseph Tolton, one of the founders of NoWedge 2012 ‘explains why marriage equality is a victory for same-sex couples and our community’ in a post-election article for EBONY. GLAAD has worked with various faith leaders of this campaign, watching the birth of new conversations.

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COMMENTARY: The lost souls of the Republican Party

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
November 7th, 2012

The Republican Party has lost its heart and soul. The party of Abraham Lincoln, founded in the mid-1850s as a political movement united against slavery, has morphed in the 21st century into the party of hate and the party of no.

The party that was primarily comprised of Northerners and rejected by pro-slavery white Southerners is now dominated by white Southerners. The party that was once embraced by freed slaves is now overwhelmingly void of people of color, including African-Americans, Latinos, Asians and immigrants.