US elections 2008
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5 November 2008Live Blog: Vote No on Prop 8 event curtailed – gay marriage ban may pass + Gay marriage could end in California. -
5 November 2008Early results indicate California’s Prop 8 gay marriage ban could pass 6 Early results from America's most populous state indicate that a ballot measure to ban gay marriage may pass. -
5 November 2008President-elect Obama mentions gays in his first speech to the nation 6 Change has come to America - that was the message from the next President of the United States. -
5 November 2008Barack Obama elected President of the United States 6 History was made today when an African-American clinched the most important job on earth. -
5 November 2008The Barack Obama story – from Hawaii to the White House + Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. -
4 November 2008Gay candidates up for election across America 1 American voters will be choosing US Representatives, Senators, state Governors and other elected officials at all levels of government today. -
4 November 2008Senate election in Kentucky marred by homophobic campaign + A gay rights activist has accused conservatives in the US of giving national coverage to allegations a senior Republican was kicked out of the Army for homosexuality. -
4 November 2008Meet the candidates: John McCain and gay rights 2 In October the Republican candidate for President of the United States gave a written response to questions for a leading American gay publication. -
4 November 2008Meet the candidates: Barack Obama and gay rights + In September Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, submitted a written response to questions from US gay newspaper Washington Blade. -
4 November 2008Death of Obama’s grandmother brings campaigning to a solemn end + The woman who raised Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama from the age of ten has died.
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4 November 2008Comment: Forget Obama, in California it’s all about Proposition 8 11 Benjamin Cohen reports from San Francisco, where almost no one is talking about the Presidential election.
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3 November 2008Obama and McCain campaign in last few hours before election day + Senator John McCain is fighting right down to the wire in the US Presidential election. -
1 November 2008Obama had “no knowledge” his aunt was in US illegally 3 The Democratic party candidate for President of the United States has moved to distance himself from a relative who has been living in the country illegally.
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1 November 2008Analysis: The complex system that elects a US President 1 In most democratic countries, the people vote and either through first past the post or a form of proportional representation, a government or leader is elected. -
30 October 2008Video: Obama’s £1.9m ad dominates US primetime + The Democrat candidate for President of the United States bought half an hour of airtime yesterday evening to try to convince undecided voters to back him in next week's election. -
28 October 2008Two arrested in Neo-Nazi assassination plot against Obama 4 Two white supremacists in Tennessee have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to murder more than 100 African-Americans and assassinate Senator Barack Obama.
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27 October 200875% of Brits would vote for a gay Prime Minister 1 A new survey has found that a large majority of people would be comfortable with a gay or lesbian person becoming Prime Minister. -
23 October 2008Obama turnout may save gay marriage in California 3 A California state ballot measure to ban gay people from getting married is gaining support, according to the latest opinion polls.
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23 October 2008Palin attacked over support for constitutional ban on gay marriage 21 Hollywood star Ellen DeGeneres has attacked the Republican party's candidate for Vice President's support for a federal ban on same-sex marriage. -
21 October 2008Sarah Palin supports federal ban on same-sex marriage 28 The Republican party Vice Presidential candidate has spoken out against the rights of lesbian and gay Americans.
