News: Hillary Clinton Ad, Lutherans, Adrian Fenty, Tiger Tyson

· Here is a screen grab from the first television commercial for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The one-minute "image-softening" spot entitled "Invisible" debuts tomorrow in Iowa, featuring the senator talking with farmers, seniors, children and a single mother. "Americans from all walks of life across our country may be invisible to this President," she says. "But they’re not invisible to me and they won’t be invisible to the next President of the United States." Watch the ad here.

· More endorsements for Hillary: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the CEO of Goldman Sachs and New York's very own ... Tiger Tyson?

· Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty named Dr. Shannon Lee Hader to head the city’s troubled HIV/AIDS Administration, his fourth openly gay or lesbian appointment. Meanwhile, the District of Columbia Public Schools is close to adopting a gay-inclusive sex-ed plan that has received “little public feedback.”

· The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America—the nation's largest Lutheran denomination—votes to allow "clergy in same-sex committed relationships can serve...without threat of discipline."

· Scientists in Chicago are studying gay brothers and "hope that by gathering DNA samples from 1,000 sets...they will be able to find genetic linkages smaller studies failed to detect."

Comments

[anon]

LMAO. you always know how to mix it up, from Hillary to Tiger Tyson! Love it!

[Derrick from Philly]

I think this is a wonderful endorsement for Hillary. Mr Tyson is a well respected and accomplished performer and businessman. I've been admiring his...him for years.

I wonder if Hillary has seen his work?

[LaRufus]

What next for Hillary to show that she is really just an old softie? Baking cookies in a June Cleaver apron? I guess she really does see that she has a whole lot of image problems with the public, but, rent-a-kidz isn't going to change it, well, at least not for me since I refuse to belive that she is anything more than an Republican in Democatic clothing.

[Cadence]

Is it really a good idea to find a "gay gene?" It seems like that would just result in more homophobia, and nutcases saying there is a cure.

[Miss T]

I agree with Cadence. It wasn't that long ago that the Diagnostic Manuals of Psychology labeled homosexuality as a disorder. Now, if you find a gene, who's to say that "oh wow, it's a birth defect"? And thus, search for a cure/treatment. It will sent gay men and women back several decades.

Hm, Sen. Clinton is trying to show her soft side, huh? Good luck Hil. Doesn't matter though, she is saying/doing a lot more than the other candidates so, I won't hate on her lol.

PS. Love Mr. Tyson :)

[C. Baptiste-Williams]

oooo how i love Adrian Fenty.

[Mark]

Let them look for the "gay gene." What they are likely to find is that same-sex attraction is common to most people and that what separates out the gay minority is a lack of sexual attraction to the opposite sex. There will likely be no way to get rid of the genetic basis for same-sex attraction, since it is likely spread throughout the entire human population.