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Gay Rights

• October 15 -- No Sympathy For the Cheneys
A story on John Kerry's unprompted debate mention of Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter comes off as unsympathetic to the Cheneys, and tries hard to make gay marriage a conflict between Cheney and Bush.

• October 14 -- Bush's "Rock-Hard" Positions vs. Clinton's "Mushy Middle Ground"
Bill Clinton, abortion moderate?

• October 14 -- Times Leads With Kerry's Loaded Lesbian Comment
Surprisingly, the Times' front-page debate coverage includes undecided Iowa voters reacting with disapproval to Kerry's invoking of Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter.

• August 25 -- Only "Republican Efforts" to Put Gay Marriage on the Map?
Robin Toner stakes a claim to the front page with "Cheney Stakes Out His Own Position On Gay Marriages." But who put gay marriage on the table in the first place, Bush or gay activists?

• July 15 -- FMA "Writing Bigotry Into the Constitution"
A lead editorial omits some facts about the gay marriage debate to make conservatives appear cynical, while accusing them of "writing bigotry into the Constitution."

• July 12 -- "Wedge Issues" Only on the Right?
Jodi Wilgoren reports from North Carolina: "Mr. Kerry made an oblique reference to conservatives' efforts to use gay marriage and other wedge issues to win Bible Belt states like North Carolina." Does "wedge issue" means "popular issue disliked by liberals"?

• July 12 -- "Under Pressure from Conservatives…."
The Times puts its standard stamp on the gay rights issue in a front-page story by Adam Nagourney and David Kirkpatrick: "…under pressure from conservatives, President Bush is escalating his support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage." Are Democrats never "pressured by liberals?"

• March 19 -- More Gay “Joy”
From San Francisco, reporter Patricia Leigh Brown provided another rosy (or Rosie?) picture of gay families in the wake of the “gay marriage” fad there. The interview subjects were all children of gay parents and supportive academics.

• February 27 -- The Imbalanced Book of James
Reporter James Dao reported from the Democrat-dominated state legislature in Annapolis, Maryland, but he couldn’t find any liberal labels, using just the terms “gay rights activists, “ “gay rights advocates,” and “gay rights groups.” But he labeled “conservatives” or “social conservatives” eight times.

• February 6 -- The "Non-Ideological" Massachusetts Supreme Court
Pam Belluck insists the Massachusetts Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of gay marriage, is not necessarily liberal: "They are not, for the most part, considered ideologues, and their views are often difficult to pigeonhole, experts say."

• February 4 -- "Conservatives" vs. "Supporters of Gay Marriage"
James Dao repeats a common Times habit on gay marriage, pitting "conservatives" against plain old "supporters" of gay marriage.

• January 30 -- Moving Gay Marriage Into the Mainstream
A front-page story by Laurie Goodstein, "Gay Couples Seek Unions in God's Eyes," is the latest example of the Times mainstreaming the idea of gay marriage, insisting gay couples are "monogamous homebodies."

• January 28 -- Loving Those Who Love Paul Robeson
Anti-war reporter Chris Hedges profiles (another) Paul Robeson admirer--a preacher's son fighting for gay rights.

• January 12 -- Gay Marriage = Civil Rights?
A profile of Democrat candidate John Edwards seems to equate gay marriage with civil rights in general.

• January 12 -- Moms…Who Needs'em!
The latest Times effort to mainstream gay parenting makes Monday's front page, in the form of a sympathetic story by Ginia Bellafante that calls adoption laws which favor heterosexuals "discriminatory."

• November 21 -- Building a Shelter for Gay-Rights Advocacy
Gay-rights activism comes out of the woodwork in the Times' House & Home section.

• November 3 -- Gephardt "Evolves" Into an Abortion-Lover
Rachel Swarns' Page One story is a glowing account of how Dick Gephardt has "evolved" into a gay-rights supporter and abortion-lover thanks to his gay-activist daughter.

• August 25 -- “Civil Rights” Or Just Liberal Interest Groups?

• August 11 -- Rich Goes Quayle-Hunting Again
Frank Rich takes on those who suggest gays raising children isn’t ideal: “Those who in 1992 cheered Dan Quayle's argument that TV's Murphy Brown was unfit to raise children…must now illogically argue that the single mothers they once vilified are preferable to two-mom or two-dad households.” Is it really that illogical?

• August 4 -- No Liberals For Gay Marriage?
Elisabeth Bumiller mentions “conservatives” several times in her story on Bush and gay marriage but sees no liberals on the other side, only “core primary voters.”

• July 31 -- Conservatives vs. Tolerance, Naturally
Reporter Neil Lewis pits conservatives vs. “tolerance” on the subject of gay marriage.

• July 2 -- Another Times’ Scoop
“Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman.” -- Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg in her July 2 article, “White House Avoids Stands on Gay Marriage Measure.”

• June 27 -- Angry Conservatives vs. Happy Gays
The Times goes label-happy on conservatives in its coverage of the Supreme Court’s sodomy ruling.

• June 23 -- A Gay Old Time at The Tony Awards
Associate editor Frank Rich’s column celebrating the gay-dominated Tony Awards takes the opportunity to blast the “gay bashers” and “homophobic rantings” of the right.

• May 9 -- Time To Get Squeamish
Columnist Nicholas Kristof laments “some Americans get the willies when they see terms like ‘anal sex.’” But college girls with guns? Now that scares him.