Thursday, May 10, 2012

Gay marriage

  • Fresh off their win in North Carolina, opponents of gay marriage are pushing forward to enact similar constitutional amendments in more states this fall – and to actually override pro-gay marriage legislation in two others.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Mr. Obama sent out an e-mail appeal to his supporters labeled "Marriage" that asked for campaign donations following an interview on Wednesday in which he revealed his personal beliefs about the divisive social issue.
  • (New York Times)
  • Democratic strategist James Carville, who famously coined the phrase, Its the economy, stupid, would be proud of House Speaker John Boehner today.
  • (ABC News)
  • BOSTON—Aides to Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown say he opposes a federal marriage amendment backed by Mitt Romney that would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • Perhaps inevitably, President Barack Obamas long-overdue declaration of support for gay marriage is mostly being parsed for signs of what it means for his personal political fortunes and the course of the 2012 campaign.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • At a fundraiser with gay activists in New York last June, the day before state legislators passed a same-sex marriage law, President Barack Obama considered the choice they were making. He concluded he'd almost certainly have voted "yes" too.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • The presidential election will tell if Americans view support for gay marriage as a political sin but the vote is in on whether it is theologically sinful -- and its a close call. A survey released today by LifeWay Research, a Nashville, Tenn.
  • (USA Today)
  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S RECENT statement of support for gay marriage in the United States is touching off an avalanche of advocacy for equal marriage rights throughout Europe as well. No, nobody died and made him emperor.
  • (Salon)
  • Gay marriage is still illegal in much of the United States, where President Obama this week made public his support for allowing same-sex couples to wed.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • OKLAHOMA CITY - Mitt Romney on Wednesday reaffirmed his view that marriage should be restricted to one man and one woman, highlighting a sharp contrast with President Barack Obama.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)

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