The strongest connection [between the immigration bill and gay rights] is that the immigrant community, as new Americans, are people we will work with in the future, and it's important to them now to see a demonstration of support from the gay community.

Karla has an established record in the community in not only participating, but also delivering, and so she will probably have a bigger battle with confusion over her opponent's name than over her opponent's record. Any reasonable person would be worried about the name confusion.

Americans don't want cowboys to be gay.

Perhaps the truth really is, Americans don?t want cowboys to be gay.

Americans will see that when lesbians and gay men are given access to most of the rights and obligations of civil marriage, the sky will not fall and the institution of marriage will be even stronger.

Nearly half of new infections are in the black community. The churches can say this is a gay disease but the numbers tell a different story. We have straight black women being infected by bisexual men.