Is Acceptance of Homosexuality Inevitable? What the Czech Republic Tells Us.

The higher approval in 1994 may have been a result of the invisibility of the gay community during the communist era, which had ended only a few years prior. "Homophobia actually doesn't exist in this country," gay activist Jiri Hromada told The Prague Post in 1993, because "for 40 years people had no information about homosexuals." With the increasing visibility of gays since 1994, a backlash may...

The New Republic • Aug 12, 2011

Digrace: Obama's increasingly absurd gay marriage position.

My colleague James Downie has assembled a fascinating timeline of Obama's statements on gay marriage over the past 14 years, stretching from 1996 to earlier this month, when the White House responded to a judge's ruling on Prop 8 by reiterating that it opposes same-sex marriage. What the timeline shows is a pattern that can only be described as illogical and cynical. Obama argues that he is again...

The New Republic • Aug 27, 2010

Obama--Ask For Equal Rights for Gays

According to Gallup, 69 percent of Americans believe gays should be able to serve openly. To put that number in perspective, it is 25 points higher than the percentage of Americans who endorse Obama's handling of health care, 19 points higher than the percentage who currently support the war in Afghanistan, and 18 points higher than the percentage who approve of the administration's economic polic...

The New Republic • Jul 6, 2009

Until Logic Did Them Apart

The ubiquity of this hollow formulation tells us something about the state of anti-gay-couple thought. It's a body of opinion held largely by people who either don't know why they oppose gay couples or don't feel comfortable explicating their case....

The New Republic • May 28, 2009

The Case For Urgency

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The New Republic • Nov 22, 2008