We're in the home stretch of primary season, but that doesn't mean all's well in the Democratic party. Aside from Hillary Clinton's commendable tenacity, and the din of her vocal, though dwindling supporters, there's a new tussle a brewing: the delegate selection tussle.

Many state parties have shown resistance to the Democratic National Committee's Shay Amendment, a measure that set so-called "gay goals." These numeric marks were set to help each state or territory include gay people in their overall delegate camp. Unfortunately, things haven't worked out quite as planned. And, if you haven't read part one, you'd better catch up.

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With only six primaries left - and Barack Obama's resounding lead over rival Hillary Clinton - many people have basically declared the delegate selection over. That, however, would be premature.

While the majority of the states and overseas regions' delegate numbers have been determined, most of them must still decide which individuals will head to Denver this August. have ruled which candidate gets how many delegates, most of them still must decide who will head to Denver this August. And, like so many things in this election, there's loads of drama surrounding the process. Infighting, allegations, personal homophobia and potentially impotent DNC "gay delegate goals" may derail the whole process.

Editor Andrew Belonsky offers part one of an extensive two-part analysis, after the jump…

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