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Obama announces his support for same-sex marriage
ABC OTUS News ^ | May 9, 2012 | Rick Klein

Posted on 05/09/2012 11:43:02 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

President Obama today announced that he now supports

same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure

from the Democratic base and even his own vice president.

In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, the president

described his thought process as an “evolution” that led him to this place,

based on conversations with his own staff members, openly gay and lesbian

service members, and conversations with his wife and own daughters.

"I have to tell you that over the course of several

years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about

members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous

relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I

think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there

fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't

Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at

a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for

me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get

married,” Obama told Roberts, in an interview to appear on ABC’s “Good Morning

America” Thursday. Excerpts of the interview will air tonight on ABC’s “World

News with Diane Sawyer.”

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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To: wolfman23601

Twhat Romney said today:

“Well, when these issues were raised in my state of Massachusetts, I indicated my view, which is I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name,” Romney said, per Fox31 Denver News. “My view is the domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights, and the like are appropriate but that the others are not.” “

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/299488/romney-no-civil-unions-if-identical-marriage-katrina-trinko

Works for me and I’ll take it.


101 posted on 05/09/2012 12:14:40 PM PDT by Nicojones
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To: Free ThinkerNY
As if losing the North Carolina amendment referendum wasn't bad enough - now he has ticked off defenders of traditional marriage AND supporters of gay marriage. The former now disagree with him, the latter are mad that he didn't announce his support before the vote.

His base is as loud as they are narrow.

102 posted on 05/09/2012 12:14:48 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Jimmy Carter's incompetence + Richard Nixon's paranoia = Barack Obama)
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To: longtermmemmory
Now there's an unpleasant mental picture.
103 posted on 05/09/2012 12:14:48 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Yeah, evolving goes in one direction and devolving goes in the opposite direction. This should be no surprise to anyone, it was just a matter of when.


104 posted on 05/09/2012 12:15:14 PM PDT by NTegraT (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama has thought about gay marriage for a couple years vs 2000+ years of history.
America has advanced beyond any other country in two and half centuries and its not good enough for Obama. He’s going to singlehandedly change it in several years.


105 posted on 05/09/2012 12:15:23 PM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the Statist)
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To: little jeremiah
Bom probably dragged Zer0 to the table.


106 posted on 05/09/2012 12:15:23 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It will be interesting to see what his pole (sic) numbers do after this. I imagine all the pulpits around the country speaking directly to this Sunday. This will not go over well in the Bible belt.

Heaven help us!


107 posted on 05/09/2012 12:15:26 PM PDT by halfright (FAST & FURIOUS! DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Maybe the media will look into zer0’s gay lifestyle in college to help us understand zer0’s stance. Well ... maybe not.
108 posted on 05/09/2012 12:15:33 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama to African-Americans: “I know many of you do not approve of sodomite ‘marriage’, but you are just going to have to sit down and shut up...what are you going to do...vote for the white guy?”


109 posted on 05/09/2012 12:15:45 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

FORWARD FAGGOTS!


110 posted on 05/09/2012 12:16:04 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

*snicker*


111 posted on 05/09/2012 12:17:42 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: MrB
We need a candidate that uses ridicule like the perfect weapon that it is.

I'm afraid I'm not running this time around.

S. Alinsky, Master in Redicule and Isolate

112 posted on 05/09/2012 12:17:42 PM PDT by melancholy (Professor Alinsky, Enslavement Specialist, Ph.D in L0w and H0lder)
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To: Sister_T

Matt Drudge and Matt Rhoades are planning to out him in October.


113 posted on 05/09/2012 12:18:10 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Free ThinkerNY

ROFL

WOW what an EPIC blunder for Obama... his MAIN supporters (blacks) are dead set against gays...

This may put the final nail in Obama’s coffin, and opens up a HUGE opportunity for Romney if he is smart enough to run with it.


114 posted on 05/09/2012 12:18:43 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: kevcol

This may be an Obama strategery, to make Mitt flip on this topic.


115 posted on 05/09/2012 12:18:54 PM PDT by DBrow
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116 posted on 05/09/2012 12:19:44 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: All

I wonder if he did this because he knows he is in trouble.

The real battle is now congress.


117 posted on 05/09/2012 12:19:54 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: CarolinaGOP
However, the timing of the announcement is curious!

If I were gay (I'm not), I would be very teed off at Obama for waiting to make this announcement. If he'd done this before the election, it might've swung some votes.

He (dare I say it?) screwed the GLBT folks.

118 posted on 05/09/2012 12:19:58 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Free ThinkerNY

FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE LIMBAUGH SHOW! BWAHAHAHA!!!


119 posted on 05/09/2012 12:19:59 PM PDT by GVnana (Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
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To: apillar

Doubt it. I cannot even begin to tell you how many people I have known for decades who I NEVER EVER EVER EVER would have imagined would have EVER supported such a thing who have told me in the last 2 or 3 years that they now support gay marriage.

I do not know what has occurred but a deep level of brainwashing has gone on here. I think this is something we are destined to lose.


120 posted on 05/09/2012 12:20:11 PM PDT by hitchwolf
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