Read more social liberals stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17597/social-liberals.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:49:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/56881/on-hot-button-issues-obama-keeps-cool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has been “dancing on cultural third rails with seeming impunity,” reports Jonathan Martin of Politico. He’s gone to France and called America “arrogant,” liberalized relations with Cuba, and eased up on medical marijuana—all moves that Bill Clinton wouldn’t have touched with a 10-foot pole. But the liberal...http://www.newser.com/story/56881/on-hot-button-issues-obama-keeps-cool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:56:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55901/gay-marriage-ruling-belies-iowas-bumpkin-image.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo doubt you snobby big-city, coastal types did a double-take last week when Iowa legalized same-sex marriage, but the state has a long tradition of avant-garde social positions, Rex Huppke writes in the Chicago Tribune . Its university was the first to admit women, it allowed mixed-race marriages 100 years before...http://www.newser.com/story/55901/gay-marriage-ruling-belies-iowas-bumpkin-image.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 16:48:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/12508/ron-paul-is-not-alone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMaverick Texas congressman Ron Paul is riding a surge of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum now calling themselves libertarians. They tend to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal voters turned off by government intrusions, from warrantless wiretapping to broadcast censorship. And their numbers are up to 9%...http://www.newser.com/story/12508/ron-paul-is-not-alone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Nov 2007 11:54:09 CST