Kick the state out of our [gay and straight] bedrooms

In many respects, this has long been the issue for me with regard to gay marriage/ civil unions. It is the interference of the state, again, in the decisions that we (any of us) make about our private lives. The UK government interferes with every single aspect of our private...

Single-Payer Advocate Says White House Lost Debate on Health Care

Michael Lighty, the former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America who now serves as public policy director of the ultra-liberal California Nurses Association, spent 10 minutes Saturday afternoon addressing a group of roughly 100 single-payer health care...

Survey set to reveal number of gay clergy in Church of England

"A national survey of the number of homosexual clergy in the Church of England will take place this year, according to gay rights campaigners. Inclusive Church, a network of individuals and organisations working for better recognition of minorities, says the survey will be...

Remembering Helen Suzman

South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman died yesterday at the age of 91. She was a committed liberal, not only at a time when it was an unfashionable political stance, but in the face of great adversity. As a Jewish woman in a parliament dominated by male Calvinist...

Barack Obama and the Politics of Expectation

"Will he disappoint us? Will we disappoint him? Will we disappoint ourselves?" Read the second installment of the Obama trilogy from The Liberal magazine at: http://www.theliberal.co.uk/Barack_Obama_and_the_Politics_of_Expectation.html