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Obama: If elected I will use the bully pulpit for gay community (supports full repeal of DOMA)
The Baptist Press ^

Posted on 02/28/2008 6:13:19 PM PST by No Dems 2004

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought the support of voters in the homosexual community Feb. 28, telling them in a letter that if elected president he would work to pass laws important to that constituency and would use the "bully pulpit" to urge states to grant same-sex couples the legal benefits of marriage.

The 770-word letter was posted on a section of Obama's campaign website devoted to homosexual issues. He and Hillary Clinton have worked for months to get the votes of the homosexual community, even appearing in August at a historic Democratic presidential forum devoted solely to homosexual issues.

In the letter, Obama touted his past record on such issues and said he would continue that record if elected. He used the acronym LGBT -- which stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender" -- six times.

"As your President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws," he wrote. "I personally believe that civil unions represent the best way to secure that equal treatment. But I also believe that the federal government should not stand in the way of states that want to decide on their own how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples -- whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union, or a civil marriage."

He once again said he backs the "complete repeal" of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a law passed in 1996 that gives states the option of not recognizing another state's "gay marriages." It also prohibits the federal government from recognizing "gay marriage." Ever since it was passed homosexual activists have viewed it as a significant legal barrier to nationwide legalization of "gay marriage."

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To: No Dems 2004

Oh, that would be a huge change...not.


21 posted on 02/28/2008 6:31:23 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), '89-'96)
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To: doug from upland
MT SUIT

Oh, OK, I get it....

22 posted on 02/28/2008 6:31:31 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("I have some news. Al-Qaida is in Iraq. It's called 'al-Qaida in Iraq.' " —John McCain)
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To: doug from upland

Perfect description. He will be slaughtered in the general election.


23 posted on 02/28/2008 6:32:19 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: No Dems 2004; Al

Don’t forget he’s for the DREAM ACT!


24 posted on 02/28/2008 6:32:43 PM PST by anglian
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To: No Dems 2004

Whatever happened to the lie detector test on the guy re: Obama and the limo?


25 posted on 02/28/2008 6:33:12 PM PST by AliVeritas ( (To err is human, to screw up takes Berkeley 's City Council) Hope in God, not man.)
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To: No Dems 2004
Alfred E. Obama:

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What Me Marry?

26 posted on 02/28/2008 6:33:21 PM PST by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: Southack
So Bill Clinton signed DOMA into law...does Hillary repudiate Bill now?!

Don't forget, Bush the Elder didn't finish off Saddam when he had the chance.

27 posted on 02/28/2008 6:33:56 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("I have some news. Al-Qaida is in Iraq. It's called 'al-Qaida in Iraq.' " —John McCain)
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To: F15Eagle
I almost got sick from laughing so hard first time I saw it

Then you will enjoy this "best Halloween costume ever":


28 posted on 02/28/2008 6:39:44 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("I have some news. Al-Qaida is in Iraq. It's called 'al-Qaida in Iraq.' " —John McCain)
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To: No Dems 2004
Image hosted by Photobucket.com do I really have to say it???

30 posted on 02/28/2008 6:43:25 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: No Dems 2004
He and Hillary Clinton have worked for months to get the votes of the homosexual community, even appearing in August at a historic Democratic presidential forum devoted solely to homosexual issues.

On the Republican side, all the then top-tier candidates snubbed the Values Voter's Debate. Ah, but the winner of that debate is still standing, Mike Huckabee.

Wanting the repeal of DOMA proves what a phony argument the left put forth against the Marriage Amendment. States' rights? Ha! If they were for states' rights they would want to keep the DOMA. They just keep shifting their arguments. First it is about privacy. Now it is about public recognition and benefits. At one moment it is about states' rights. The next moment they want to repeal the DOMA so they can force all states to recognize homosexual marriage. Truthfulness means nothing to them.

It is interesting how far left we have all come. In 1996 most of the Democrats didn't dare not vote for DOMA. Today, the Republicans are running from traditional Judeo-Christian values and can't form a decent argument for our side if their lives depended on it, even though nature, reason, commonsense, and history are all on our side. Where will we be in another 12 years?

31 posted on 02/28/2008 6:47:37 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Albion Wilde

LOL! Even got the Heinekin in the back pocket,too.


32 posted on 02/28/2008 6:58:47 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: No Dems 2004

What of your blessing *now*, Barack?


33 posted on 02/28/2008 7:01:24 PM PST by DGHoodini (A man educated without morals, is a menace to society.)
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To: No Dems 2004

Obama will probably get the endorsement of the National Association of Marlin Brando Look Alikes.


34 posted on 02/28/2008 7:03:52 PM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: F15Eagle

ROTFL!


35 posted on 02/28/2008 7:10:56 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: padre35
McCain simply throws sand on the oily slope to the dung heap of liberalism.

Makes me puke to think I have to vote against someone to slow down the inevitable. Oh, did I say f'n PUKE!

36 posted on 02/28/2008 7:26:52 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("I fear we have woken a sleeping giant and filled her with a terrible resolve" - Osama 9-11-01?)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

GWB has worn us out, McCain is merely the candidate of our weakness, yet he still can win, now whether that means we will have lost more then we have won remains to be seen.

We have choice of clear and convincing Cultural Destruction vs Amoralism personafied, nice choices, if one more Independent says how happy they are that mcCain was nominated I may go postal...


37 posted on 02/28/2008 7:32:14 PM PST by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
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To: No Dems 2004

I wish he would stop talking this way uuntil after he secures the nomination.


38 posted on 02/28/2008 7:58:48 PM PST by stevem
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To: No Dems 2004

Tearing down America


39 posted on 02/28/2008 8:05:30 PM PST by wastedyears (This is my BOOMSTICK)
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To: doug from upland

Even a squirrel could climb up his leg and come back empty handed.


40 posted on 02/28/2008 8:14:48 PM PST by JRochelle (Bill is defending Hillary because she is being beaten by a black guy.)
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