Which of the following is NOT a recent success of the gay and lesbian rights movement in America?
A) Barack Obama became the first sitting president to say he supported same-sex marriage.
B) Gays and lesbians may now serve openly in the U.S. military.
C) Five openly gay members serve in the U. S. House of Representatives and one in the U. S. Senate (113th Congress).
D) In 2008 California voters became the first in the nation to reject a ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage.
E) In 2003 the highest court in Massachusetts ruled that same-sex couples in that state had a state constitutional right to wed.
D
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a. ethnopolitical groups. b. states. c. individuals. d. multinational corporations. e. All of the above are members of nongovernmental organizations.
According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, young-adult Americans today are ______.
a. racially diverse and relatively unattached to organized politics b. attracted to partisan politics and voting in higher numbers c. poorly educated and lacking political competence d. highly organized and motivated toward nontraditional civic engagement
Spending by the national committees of the political parties to support the election of congressional candidates is known as
a. coordinated spending. b. logrolling. c. hard money spending. d. matching funds. e. clean money.
Which of the following third parties ran the most successful campaign for president?
a. Free Soil b. Know-Nothing c. Populist d. Socialist e. Bull Moose