I am in favor of affirmative action and gay and lesbian rights," he responded. "But I do not support abortion rights.

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.

As time passes, there is a greater acceptance of gay and lesbian rights and greater support of anti-discrimination policies. That's the key finding.

The Task Force thanks the International Lesbian and Gay Association, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Watch for their efforts to promote pro-gay policies at the United Nations. It is repugnant that the self-proclaimed 'leader of the free world' will align itself with bigots and tyrants at the drop of a hat to advance the right wing's virulently anti-gay agenda.

Many of these questions are extremely controversial, from abortion to gay rights, to the authority of the federal government over the states, and so on and so forth.