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Obama Backs Gay Marriage
Genichiro:
--- Quote ---WASHINGTON -- In a nod to a dramatic shift in public opinion, Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage.
In a sit-down interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, Obama completed what has been a markedly long and oft-mocked evolution on the matter.
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I'm glad to see the president finally coming out in full support for gay marriage. Everyone should have the right to marry; it doesn't matter if it's with same sex couples or not. Not to mention the shades of gray. What of rights for people who are physically born outside the gender binary? Are they not allowed to marry at all, because they weren't born into a gender allowed to marry? Not everything is black and white; I fully support the president in this decision, and hope that those who brought forth that terrible amendment in NC will quickly see the error of their ways and overturn it as quickly as possible.
Onion:
This shouldn't even be an issue... The pope has too much power.
Genichiro:
If only it could be that way. Unfortunately, as much as there are pulls for separation of church and state, a lot of laws in place were written with respect to the religious views of the few in power over the views of the many who elected them.
Cirno:
Alright, Mr. President! For this, I salute you!
Genichiro:
A response from of sorts from the Romney camp.
--- Quote ---WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney made a surprise appearance on Fox host Brian Kilmeade's radio show Thursday morning to respond to a lengthy Washington Post story on his time as a prep-school prankster and occasional bully of closeted gay students.
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Something about this seems off to me. I don't think it would be an issue if he didn't know his victims were gay. I'm pretty sure he knew, even back then, the sexual orientations of his victims. It wouldn't be as much an issue for him otherwise, not to mention he's still running on an anti-LGBT marriage platform. Amazing how a couple dumb things we do in our youth can come back to bite us in the rear, isn't it?
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