Sunday, May 13, 2012

Obama gay marriage

  • The pulpits of the nations black churches took measure Sunday of President Obamas decision to support gay marriage, and the result was conflicted. Some churches were silent on the issue.
  • (USA Today)
  • YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling Chevy plant endures.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • President Obama may have roiled the political and clerical waters by his personal endorsement of gay marriage last week, but for many parishioners encountered Sunday, the presidents message was greeted with a mixture of acceptance and relief.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • Sullivans cover story is not yet online, but in a blog post published earlier this week, Sullivan wrote that Obamas support of gay marriage brought him to tears: I do not know how orchestrated this was; and I do not know how calculated it is.
  • (ABC News)
  • Biologists will tell you that evolution is never complete, and that it has no necessary direction; it is neither good nor bad, just something that happens.
  • (Washington Times)
  • President Barack Obamas endorsement of gay marriage has placed black pastors in an awkward position — opposing his stance while supporting the man.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)
  • In California, 70% of African-Americans supported Prop 8, the 2008 state gay marriage ban, even though 94% of black voters in California backed Obama.
  • (CNN)
  • Governor Deval Patrick praised President Obama for his "clear and principled position" Sunday, four days after Obama became the first president to endorse same-sex marriage.
  • (Boston Globe)

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