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MnIndy Video: Why gay Republicans endorsed McCain

The Log Cabin Republicans, a national federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Republicans, met in St. Paul on Tuesday to endorse the ticket of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin. While acknowledging that McCain isn’t perfect on gay rights issues, the group was adamant in its belief that McCain wishes to, and can, [...]

McCain flirts with Manhunt: Accepts then returns donation from founder of gay dating site

Sen. John McCain returned a $2,300 campaign donation late last week from Jonathan Crutchley, co-founder of Manhunt.net, the leading online dating and sex site for gay men. Crutchley and Manhunt faced severe criticism from its membership base over the contribution — and the McCain campaign decided it didn’t want any part of the controversy.

Obama and McCain talk faith at Saddleback

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama appeared together for the first time during the presidential election on Saturday at Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif. The forum explored the candidates’ positions and personalities through the lens of their Christian faith. And come Monday, talking heads, pundits and bloggers are picking apart the candidates words and positions.

Minnesota’s LGBT groups come out against possible marriage lawsuit

Minnesota gay and lesbian couples seeking to overturn Minnesota’s unequal marriage laws won’t get any help from the state’s largest LGBT groups. Three of Minnesota’s most influential LGBT equality groups released a statement Wednesday opposing any legal action to secure marriage rights for same-sex couples. OutFront Minnesota, Rainbow Families and Project 515 said in a [...]

Religious Right Watch: Evangelicals push for more palaver about abortion, gay marriage

As the electorate focuses on economic downturn, high energy prices and war, evangelicals are promising to turn the election rhetoric to abortion and gay marriage. While McCain and Obama are both journeying to Rick Warren’s California megachurch on Saturday, thousands of evangelicals are heading to Washington, D.C., for "The Call." The purpose, said organizer Lou [...]

Minnesota’s homegrown Christian right: Meet the Minnesota Family Council

At the end of the 2008 Minnesota legislative session, the Omnibus Education Policy bill was held up because of a controversial measure that would have ensured comprehensive sex education in Minnesota schools. Sen Sandy Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, was leading the charge to get the measure past the desk of Gov. Tim Pawlenty, but Pawlenty told [...]

35W bridge workers accused in anti-gay assault

A Minneapolis man walking downtown Tuesday evening was assaulted by men whom witnesses say were part of the 35W bridge construction crew. While the victim was straight, he was attacked because the assailant thought he was gay.
Karl Aarsheim, 32, left the Minneapolis Eagle, a Washington Avenue gay bar, where he and his wife were [...]

Religious Right Watch: Old guard will have strong presence at Republican Convention

Though John McCain struggles to excite the religious right, many of them will make the trip to St. Paul to showcase the movement at the Republican National Convention. The Pioneer Press polled leaders from throughout the party, including leaders of the religious right, to see who was going to show up this year. Among the [...]

Pawlenty and the evangelicals: Where he stands on religious right hot-button issues

Almost two months ago in this space, I wrote a long piece about Tim Pawlenty’s evangelical Christianity and his ties to the 30-million-strong National Association of Evangelicals, which is now chaired by the pastor of Pawlenty’s Eden Prairie church, Leith Anderson. David Brody, a senior correspondent and blogger for Pat Robertson’s CBN, picked up that [...]

Religious Right Watch: Church shooting targeted liberals

Gunman shoots up church because of it’s liberal policies on women, LGBT community: Two were killed and seven wounded when Jim Adkisson opened fire in a Tennessee church on Sunday. Police reports indicate that the shooter "hated liberals" and police confiscated books such as Bill O’Reilly’s The O’Reilly Factor, Michael Savage’s Liberalism is a Mental [...]