Australia's only openly gay Olympic athlete has dismissed the Prime Minister as "narrow-minded" and "old-fashioned" for his opposition to gay marriage. Matthew Mitcham, 20, is competing in two diving events in Beijing but is also making a splash for his comments criticising Kevin Rudd.  "Kevin Rudd's opinion of marriage as something that's only between a man and a woman is quite narrow-minded," Mitcham has told SX magazine.  "During the election campaign he was all about appearing young and cool, but his views on gay marriage make him look quite old-fashioned." While the Federal Government has moved to change some laws ...

That statement that McCain made late yesterday to the Protect Marriage Campaign ("I support the efforts of the people of California to recognize marriage as a unique institution between a man and a woman, just as we did in my home state of Arizona. I do not believe judges should be making these decisions.")? It was the fulfillment of a promise he made earlier in the day to "several influential social conservatives" (right-wing Evangelicals?) that he would pander to them: "McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told the small assembly that he was open to learning more about their ...