June 26-30, 2008 – This gay pride week, 39 years after the Stonewall riots in New York City launched a civil rights movement, is also a presidential election year, so we checked in to see how the candidates were celebrating.  While none of the presidential contenders actually marched in a gay pride parade, like New York Governor David Paterson did, a candidate’s spouse gave a nod to the queer community.  Michelle Obama gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Committee’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council gala on June 26.  The next day we found former presidential candidate and current senator Hillary Clinton talking to graduates of the Eagle Academy for Young Men, an all-male high school that is apparently not all gay, and certainly excludes lesbians.  We dashed to Pipersville, Pennsylvania on Monday where Republican John McCain spoke at a town hall-style meeting that turned not to be a gay pride event.