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O&A--Massachusetts could be getting an openly gay Lieutenant Governor

Check out my latest post at Out & About Illinois: Massachusetts could be getting an openly gay Lieutenant Governor . It may defy all reason, but it seems that the Republican party may be the first political party to make an openly gay Governor—or at least Lieutenant Governor. Moderate Republican Charlie Barker, former President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, has tapped his campaign chairman, openly gay Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei to be his running-mate in the Republican primaries this winter. According to the Boston Globe, while the 47 year old Tisei’s sexuality has been an open secret in Boston since the early 1990s, he only came out officially on the 19 th of November, after it came to light he was front-runner among those jockeying to be Barker’s running-mate. Regardless of the revelation, Barker chose Tisei anyway, and if they win the Republican ticket together, they’ll be squaring off against Governor Deval Patrick and former Democrat, Treasu...

Nightcap Roundup 501

Since its coming so late on a Friday night, I decided to call it a nightcap. What do you think? For starters, check out this MSNBC video of David Schuster Destroying NOM's Brian Brown . WAL-MART NEEDS TO OUST THEIR CEO-- BIGOT SUPPORTED ARKANSAS GAY ADOPTION BAN WITH TONS OF MONEY ! Nationally: Our White House Website scandal has evolved rapidly all day long. First, as I had already reported, the Blogosphere lit up with the news the White House had taken down LGBT-friendly language on their website . The White House responded and said that they were changing that site's direction from a campaign and transition site to an active administration site . Then, suddenly and mysteriously, much of the language was restored to the website --however more assertive wording about Don't Ask Don't Tell--"repeal"--was changed to "change." Then, as magically as before, the language was changed back to "repeal. " All very strange, but in my opinion ...