From the Globe: Some of the nation's most influential gay media outlets have begun assailing a onetime ally, Senator John F. Kerry, for his silence in the current Massachusetts debate over banning same-sex marriage in the state Constitution. Two years ago Kerry urged state legislators to reject a proposed amendment banning gay marriages and civil unions. In Newsweekly, which describes itself as New England's largest newspaper for gays and lesbians, published an editorial this week calling Kerry "shameful" for not taking a stand on the set of proposed state amendments. "No one is asking him to engage in a fight, merely to stand up against enshrining discrimination in the state's ruling document," the editorial stated. "And if he can't even do that, then he is not a candidate worthy of gay and lesbian support." The Washington Blade, a newspaper here, also recently questioned Kerry's record on gay issues, which has been touted by both his campaign and major gay-right groups, such as the Human Rights Campaign. If only the Democrats were as liberal as Rush Limbaugh thinks they are...