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"...all of which he supports wholeheartedly. Not to mention illegal immigration, which he also supports"

If by "gay rights" you mean the right of gays, not be imprisoned or shot or lose their jobs for being gay, you'll find that practically every candidate for 2008 supports that.
Even President Bush supports that.
Gay marriage is another thing altogether.
Rudy doesn't support gay marriage.

And Rudy just gave a speech strongly advocating securing our border with Mexico.
He is probably going to be a heck of a lot more hard core on securing our Mexican border than President Bush is, if what Rudy did against crime in New York is anything to go by.

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“I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-gay rights,” Giuliani said. He was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions. “No, I have not supported that, and I don’t see my position on that changing,” he responded.

Source: CNN.com, “Inside Politics” Dec 2, 1999

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Here's a pop quiz: What do John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, George Pataki, and Chuck Hagel have in common?

1. They're all Republicans.
2. They're all frontrunners for a major-party 2008 presidential nomination.
3. They all oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.

While I disagree with the characterization of Hegel and Pataki as frontrunners for the nomination, the characterization of their positions is correct.

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Giuliani's spokesperson did not return calls seeking comment. But Giuliani's sympathies have been no secret. During his administration, gays and lesbians in New York pressed for domestic-partnership rights. Giuliani in turn pushed the city's Democratic-controlled City Council, which had avoided the issue for years, to finally pass legislation providing broad protection for same-sex partners. In 1998, he codified local law by granting all city employees equal benefits for their domestic partners. Giuliani also had gays and lesbians serve openly in his administration, and when he divorced from his wife in 2000, he moved temporarily into the apartment of a wealthy gay couple.

"You can't get much more to the left than Giuliani was on gay issues," says Mercurio.

- Eric Boehlert
Salon.com