PostPartisan Archive: Capehart
On Stonewall Anniversary, Appreciating History Already Made
Many gay and lesbian activists are impatient for President Obama to make history on their behalf. They want him to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military and to repeal the indefensible Defense of Marriage Act...
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June 29, 2009; 3:37 PM ET |
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Notes From an 'Affirmative Action Baby'
I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am a Puerto Rican, born and raised in the South Bronx … With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily...
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June 12, 2009; 3:11 PM ET |
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Back in Your Court, Obama
With the Supreme Court's decision to not hear a challenge to the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, President Obama has been given a bit of a reprieve. Had the court rejected his administration's request...
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June 8, 2009; 4:23 PM ET |
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Okay, Obama. Now Let's Have a Speech on Gay Rights
There has been a growing roar within the gay community about seeming inaction by a man who promised change. Some activists fume that President Obama hasn’t followed through on his promise to repeal the offensive Defense of Marriage Act...
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June 4, 2009; 5:14 PM ET |
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Michael 'Snoop Dogg' Steele
You know, the more I hear Republican National Committee Chairman Michael "That's How We Roll" Steele pepper his pronouncements with hip-hop parlance, the more I'm reminded of those ill-fated commercials for Chrysler starring the unlikely duo of former Chrysler...
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May 1, 2009; 11:56 AM ET |
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'Hoax' Against Hate Crimes Bill
Earlier today, I called Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), hoping to get her statement of contrition for her stunningly ignorant comments about the murder of Matthew Shepard. While arguing against passage of the hate crimes bill yesterday, Foxx said: I...
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April 30, 2009; 4:45 PM ET |
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