Can One Be Gay, Republican and pro-Israel in the U.S.?

The intersection between faith, sexuality and ideology is fraught. Democrats face a dilemma over whether Israel supersedes gay rights as a political issue.

Brian Schaefer
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Several unrelated incidents – and vociferous reactions to them – over the past few weeks have highlighted just how tangled gay rights, Republican politics and Israel have become in the United States.

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