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President Obama Gives Marriage Equality a Leg Up: He Voices His Support for SSM
Same-sex couples should be able to get married. – President Obama I awoke this morning* to the momentous news that President Barack Obama had come out in support of SSM. Let me tell you, after the bruising defeat of Amendment One passing last night in NC and the aftermath, I…
Chris Matthews compares LGBT Republicans to indentured servants
MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Wednesday praised President Barack Obama for endorsing same sex marriage. “President Obama remains a maker of history,” he said. “He was the first African American to serve as our President and now he is the leader of another kind: the first President to state his…
Lugar’s loss marks erosion of Senate moderates
WASHINGTON — The US Senate lost a beacon of bipartisanship when Republican Richard Lugar was trounced by an ultra-conservative challenger — the latest erosion of a moderate congressional middle that will leave Washington more polarized than ever. The crushing defeat of the longest-serving US senator from Indiana in a party…
Fox News’ Shep Smith: Obama now in the 21st century
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith reacted to the news that President Barack Obama had endorsed same sex marriage by coolly remarking that the President is “now in the 21st century.” Smith later said Republicans who opposed same sex marriage were “on the wrong side of history” and compared same sex…
Romney: Marriage is between a man and a woman
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney responded on Wednesday to President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage, saying it was a “tender and sensitive topic.” The Republican presidential candidate suggested that Obama had flip-flopped on the issue, but stop short of saying so outright. “I have the same view on…
Log Cabin Republicans: Obama manipulating LGBT families for political gain
The Log Cabin Republicans, a group dedicated to representing LGBT Republicans, on Wednesday derided President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage. “That the president has chosen today, when LGBT Americans are mourning the passage of Amendment One, to finally speak up for marriage equality is offensive and callous,” said…
Obama endorses same sex marriage
In an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Barack Obama declared that “same sex couples should be able to get married.” The president told ABC’s Robin Roberts that his views on the issue of marriage equality had been “going through an evolution.” “I’ve always been adamant that gay and…
Stewart: Obama’s changes on marriage equality isn’t ‘social policy,’ it’s ‘Zen Koan’
In a similar reaction to his buddy Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart also had fun Tuesday evening looking over Vice President Joe Biden admitting that the sitcom Will & Grace shaped his view on marriage equality. “Fictitious gays, fictitious gays, everybody loves fictitious gays,” a delighted Daily Show said. Stewart, however,…
Guardian journalist predicts 2012 will be last year both parties oppose same sex marriage
Ana Marie Cox, political columnist for the Guardian, on Tuesday night predicted the 2012 elections would mark the last time that both presidential candidates opposed same sex marriage. Even though North Carolina voted Tuesday to ban same sex marriage, Cox noted on MSNBC’s The Last Word that support for same…
‘Forward’ — that frightening word
In the past, President Obama was criticized by Standard Political Pundits for supposedly failing to articulate his thinking on Health Reform, and other items on his agenda. They said he was overly complex; he was too remote; he didn’t offer cunning soundbites. Possibly this was the impetus for his committee’s…
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