Monday, May 14, 2012

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News10 new results for marriage
 
Obama's Switch on Same-Sex Marriage Stirs Skepticism
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Most Americans suspect that President Obama was motivated by politics, not policy, when he declared his support for same-sex marriage, according to a new poll released on Monday, suggesting that the unplanned way it was announced shaped ...
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The real black marriage problem
Chicago Sun-Times
BY MARY MITCHELL marym@suntimes.com May 14, 2012 11:54PM Marriage equality supporters Teri McClain, left, and Mary Beth Brotski stand with signs supporting President Barack Obama outside a fundraising event for the president, Thursday, May 10, 2012, ...
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Gay marriage is one thing; benefits is another
Politico
President Barack Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage may have given the marriage equality movement a big morale boost. But it won't, on its own, give gay couples equality when it comes to health insurance. The Defense of Marriage Act, ...
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Politico
Gay Marriage Recasts Senate Races
Wall Street Journal
By JANET HOOK President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage has put a new wrinkle in the Democrats' battle to retain control of the Senate, with many of the party's candidates in conservative states keeping their distance from the president on ...
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Obama says gay marriage stance 'the right thing to do,' courts women, gay ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody." "That doesn't weaken families.
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Obama, touting gay marriage stance, calls for repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
Fox News
President Obama openly spoke of repealing the Defense of Marriage Act at a fundraiser Monday, as he defended his personal view that gay couples should have the right to marry. While his administration has put out statements on the idea of repealing the ...
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RI governor signs order to recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state
Washington Post
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island's governor on Monday declared that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, giving gay couples the same rights as heterosexual ones when it comes to health insurance and a slew of other benefits.
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Obama says gay marriage 'right thing to do' (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody." In the wake of President Obama's announcement ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Black churches conflicted on Obama's gay marriage decision
Washington Post
The pulpits of the nation's black churches took measure Sunday (May 13) of President Obama's decision to support gay marriage, and the result was conflicted. Some churches were silent on the issue. At others, pastors spoke against the president's ...
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The 'essence' of marriage
Chicago Tribune
While the inevitability of same-sex marriage now is a given — the only question remaining is when — I'm still trying to locate the why. When President Barack Obama last week endorsed same-sex marriage, the perception grew that the only thing holding ...
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Blogs5 new results for marriage
 
Obama On Gay Marriage: It 'Doesn't Weaken Families;' It ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody." "That doesn't ...
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Does Marriage Matter? | Psychology Today
By Amie M. Gordon, M.A.
Does marriage make us more committed? According to testosterone, no. By Amie M. Gordon, M.A....
Relationships
Obama Announces Plans to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act
By Louis Peitzman
You spoke too soon, Rand Paul. It sounds like the President's views on marriage just got even gayer.
Gawker
New York bishops commend Obama on marriage equality
I welcome President Obama's expression of support for marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. Given that equality before the law is a fundamental principle of our republic, it seems to me that our President has reached an eminently ...
Episcopal News Service
Daily Kos: Abbreviated pundit round-up: Marriage equality gets ...
By rss@dailykos.com (Meteor Blades)
Obama's gay-marriage shift is not likely to change this dramatically. In a recent survey by Harvard's Institute on Politics, 58 percent of millennials cited jobs and the economy as their issue of top concern. No other topic broke single digits, and ...
Daily Kos


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