Obama On Gay Marriage
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Gay marriage: Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?
He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues themselves. A black president speaking out for a minority denied the right to marry is undoubtedly a powerful ...
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Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. In Egypt's conservative, Muslim-dominated society, laws prohibiting "shameless public acts" have been used to imprison gay men in recent years. Even some gay rights activists in the Philippines are opposed to same-sex marriage.
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Obama voices his support for gay marriage
President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.
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Gay marriage: Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?
He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues themselves. A black president speaking out for a minority denied the right to marry is undoubtedly a powerful ...
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Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. In Egypt's conservative, Muslim-dominated society, laws prohibiting "shameless public acts" have been used to imprison gay men in recent years. Even some gay rights activists in the Philippines are opposed to same-sex marriage.
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Obama voices his support for gay marriage
President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.
