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Obama seeks political gain from same sex marriage move
NEW YORK — US President Barack Obama on Monday sought to leverage his decision to back gay marriage for political gain, drawing a sharp contrast between his position and that of his Republican foe Mitt Romney. But the president, still walking a delicate political line on the issue, declined to…
Romney adamantly rejects same sex marriage
LYNCHBURG, Virginia — Republican White House challenger Mitt Romney, wooing social conservatives, has adamantly rejected same-sex marriage and trumpeted his belief in Christian values and the family. Three days after Barack Obama became the first US president to back gay and lesbian marriage, Romney told university graduates that the “pre-eminence…
Rand Paul: Obama’s views on marriage couldn’t get any ‘gayer’
Despite his libertarian views, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed his candid disagreement Friday evening with President Barack Obama’s decision to support same-sex marriage. Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition meeting in Iowa, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) criticized the president for his “evolving” views on the issue, as well as…
Romney adamantly rejects same-sex marriage
Republican White House challenger Mitt Romney, wooing social conservatives, adamantly rejected same-sex marriage Saturday and trumpeted his belief in Christian values and the family. Three days after Barack Obama became the first US president to approve gay and lesbian marriage, Romney told university graduates that the “pre-eminence of the family” remains at the heart…
Biden says sorry to Obama over same sex marriage flap
WASHINGTON — US Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office for remarks which forced his boss into an early endorsement of same-sex marriage, sources said Thursday. In a rare glimpse inside the relationship between the president and his understudy, sources familiar with the conversation…
Black voters seen backing Obama despite gay marriage stance
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s support for same-sex marriage should not cost him many votes among African Americans in this November’s presidential election, political analysts said Thursday. Ninety-six percent of African Americans — who make up 13 percent of the country’s total population — voted for Obama in the 2008 election…
Obama ad slams Romney on gay rights
WASHINGTON — A day after President Barack Obama strongly backed gay marriage, his campaign sought a political dividend Thursday, condemning Mitt Romney for wanting to turn “backwards on equality.” In an Internet video slamming the Republican presidential candidate for backing a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and…
North Carolina gay rights supporters regroup after loss on Amendment One
Gay rights activists in North Carolina said they would continue to fight for equality after voters approved a measure to enshrine a ban on same-sex unions in the state’s constitution. With most of the precincts reporting Tuesday, unofficial returns showed the amendment passing with about 61% of the vote to…
Obama comes out for gay marriage: Why this is a BFD
In the quick rush of responses to Obama’s declaration that he does, in fact, support same-sex marriage, my favorite so far has been E.J. Graff’s. She makes two very important points that liberals who want to pick this apart and find reasons to be unhappy with Obama need to consider.…
President Obama Comes Out… in favor of gay marriage!
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