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News10 new results for marriage
 
Social conservatives claim Obama's gay marriage endorsement could unite right
Fox News
Prominent social conservatives are claiming that President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage could be the fuel Mitt Romney needs to unite the right in November. Rick Santorum, the former Republican presidential candidate, is on record urging Romney ...
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Churches split over gay marriage
msnbc.com
Patrick Wooden entered the sanctuary on Sunday to a standing ovation, exulting that God's "high hand" had led voters last week to pass a statewide amendment banning same-sex marriage. He took to the pulpit and denounced President Obama for taking a ...
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Gay-Marriage Cases Pose Legal Tests for Administration
Wall Street Journal
By JESS BRAVIN President Barack Obama last week cast his support for same-sex marriage as a personal view on policy, not a constitutional imperative. But because the Supreme Court long has defined the right to marriage as a "fundamental freedom," legal ...
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Wall Street Journal
Black churches conflicted on Obama's gay marriage decision
USA TODAY
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY By Joe Imel, for USA TODAY The pulpits of the nation's black churches took measure Sunday of President Obama's decision to support gay marriage, and the result was conflicted. Enoch Fuzz preaches to his congregation Sunday ...
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Gay marriage bans are faith flexing its muscles
Chicago Sun-Times
BY NEIL STEINBERG nsteinberg@suntimes.com May 13, 2012 10:48PM Television screen shot of President Obama giving an interview about his policy on gay marriage, photographed Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | John J. Kim~Sun-Times Sometimes it is better to be ...
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On gay marriage declaration, Obama tried to limit risk
San Jose Mercury News
By Peter Baker and Rachel L. Swarns WASHINGTON -- About two hours after declaring his support for same-sex marriage last week, President Barack Obama gathered eight or so African-American ministers on a conference call to explain himself.
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On marriage and equality
Chicago Tribune
There has been much discussion of why President Barack Obama came forth Wednesday to say he favors allowing same-sex marriage. Vice President Joe Biden had raised the issue by saying he was "absolutely comfortable" granting same-sex couples the rights ...
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Gov: Prez stance on gay marriage from the heart
Boston Herald
Deval Patrick insisted before a national TV audience yesterday that President Obama's sudden endorsement of same-sex marriage was "about convictions ... not about politics," but there was little indication he convinced anyone — even advocates who ...
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DC area churches grapple with president's stance on same-sex marriage
Washington Post
John K. Jenkins Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, told his congregation on Sunday that he was "deeply, deeply troubled" by President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage, calling it a "strike at the core foundation" of society.
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Gay-Marriage Position May Challenge Obama in Swing States
BusinessWeek
By Joshua Zumbrun on May 14, 2012 President Barack Obama's backing of gay marriage poses potential political challenges for him in many of the states that may decide this year's election, though his move is "the right thing to do," said strategist Mark ...
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Blogs5 new results for marriage
 
Debating Marriage Coverage – Reliable Sources - CNN.com Blogs
By jamiegray
John Aravosis, Matt Lewis and Howard Kurtz dissect the media's coverage of the issue of same-sex marriage....
Reliable Sources
Democrats: Marriage issue won't hurt Obama - The Hill's Blog ...
By sbaker@thehill.com (Sam Baker)
President Obama's embrace of same-sex marriage won't cost him in November, Democratic lawmakers said Sunday. Obama energized his base — and opened up a flood of campaign donations — by saying he had "evolved" to believe that ...
News
That GOP Gay Marriage Memo | TPM Editors Blog
By Josh Marshall
You may already have seen the following memo on the gay marriage issue from President Bush's 2004 pollster Jan van Lohuizen. I believe Josh Green was the first to publish it at Bloomberg. Others have picked it up since. It…
Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg Defends Same-Sex Marriage in State That Rejected It ...
By By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
At a commencement at the University of North Carolina, the mayor said the state's rejection of same-sex marriage made it clear "how much more work needs to be done."
City Room
Mayor Bloomberg Rips North Carolina Marriage Amendment During ...
By mjmontone
Mayor Bloomberg has been a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage, he recently promoted his view on the issue during a commencement speech at UNC Chapel Hill.
CBS New York


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