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Gay Marriage Friendly Scofazza (R) Throws Support Behind Democrat in NY

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

One day after withdrawing from the race for the vacant congressional seat of New York’s 23rd district, Dede Scozzafava proved her unworthiness for support by “real” Republicans of the ideological right-wing base of the GOP, and endorsed the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens.

Yesterday’s article on this page, Scozzafava’s withdrawal marks end of GOP echoed the sentiment of many political writers and speakers of the day, when it stated that Scozzafava’s exit from the race was the result of a significant message being sent by the conservative base to the moderates in the Party, get very conservative, or get out.

Full Story from The Examiner: http://www.examiner.com/x-24111-Liberal-Issues-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Scozzafava-backs-Democrat-in-NY23-race-and-GOP-still-dead

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Gay Marriage Friendly GOP Candidate in NY Driven Out of Race by Conservatives

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The failure of Republican Dierdre “Dede” Scozzafava’s campaign for Congress is hitting Janet Duprey hard.

Duprey, the assemblywoman from Peru who is also the chairwoman of the Clinton County Republican Party, was instrumental in the selection of Scozzafava as the Republican candidate.

“I would still stand behind her as the best candidate, and the candidate with the best record and the best message,” a disappointed Duprey said Saturday.

Full Story from The Press Republican: http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_304214051.html

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New Study: Strong Advertising Can Reach Republicans on Gay Marriage

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

A powerful and well-produced commercial can make even hardwired Republicans more sympathetic to the cause of marriage equality, according to a new study.

Released by the group Truth and Hope, a liberal grassroots group, the study looked at the effects of targeted marriage equality advertisements on a group of voters. Researchers surveyed 851 self-declared Democrats, Republicans, and independents and found that the majority of all parties reported that an ad supportive of marriage equality was effective.

The commercial in question featured a heterosexual baby-boomer couple speaking fondly of their gay son, his partner, and the gay couple’s children.

Full Story from The Advocate: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2009/09/22/GOPers_Can_Be_Swayed_on_Gay_Marriage/

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