- President Barack Obama wasted little time casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as backwards on equality on Thursday, eager to transform his historic embrace of same-sex marriage into donor enthusiasm and grassroots vigor. (AP - msnbc.com)
- WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden didnt mean to get out in front of the president on same-sex marriage when he publicly embraced the issue earlier this week, his spokeswoman said Thursday. (Huffington Post)
- Without referring directly to marriage, Obama expanded on the theme of same-sex equality. (Seattle Times)
- LZ Granderson So now that the president has stepped out and voiced support for marriage equality, were going to see if the economy and jobs remain the top issue or if the direction of this election has been permanently altered by Obamas historic remarks. (CNN)
- Fred Sainz of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, said Obamas new position on gay marriage could give many voters under age 35 a big incentive to show up at the polls on November 6. (msnbc.com)
- So angered by Obamas lack of movement on marriage equality, the Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter had publicly suggested that he might sit out this presidential race. (YAHOO!)
- (CNN)-- President Obama is indeed a profile in courage. He has made history yet again with his announcement that he supports full marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans. Bravo, Mr. President. (CNN)
- This editorial will appear in Friday's print edition. It's hard to look at President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday in support of same-sex marriage as anything more than anticlimactic symbolism, welcome that it is. (TheNewsTribune.com (blog))
- President Obama's affirmative declaration of support for marriage equality was a spectacular ending to the most watched "evolution" in political history. (Washington Post)
- President Obama should be commended for coming out for marriage equality. It is in societys interest to have marriage equality because it gives individuals the right to wed the person they choose. (USA Today)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Obama marriage equality
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