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Thousands Demand Dems Yank DNC From N. Carolina
Thousands Demand Dems Yank DNC From N. Carolina
AMENDMENT 1 FALLOUT
May 10, 2012 9:50 AM CDT

Thousands Demand Dems Yank DNC From N. Carolina

Gay marriage vote prompts outrage

(Newser) - Thousands of angry progressives are demanding the DNC pull the Democratic National Convention out of Charlotte in protest of North Carolina's vote to amend its constitution to ban same-sex marriage. A Change.org petition advocating the move has already drawn more than 27,000 signatures, and the same sentiment...

Obama Has a Gay-Marriage Headache in 7 States

Decision could cause problems during election in key states

(Newser) - President Obama’s official embrace of gay marriage will certainly energize some of his supporters, but it’s also sure to give him grief in these seven states, as rounded up by Politico :
  • North Carolina: As evidenced by the recently-passed constitutional amendment banning it, gay marriage is not very popular
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Behind Obama's Gay-Marriage Nod: Biden

VP's comments forced the president's hand sooner rather than later

(Newser) - If the United States of America had a nickel for every time its current vice president opened his mouth and inserted foot, we'd all get a trip to Disneyland. But Joe Biden's comments Sunday instead got us President Obama's personal endorsement of gay marriage —yesterday, not...

Gay Marriage Reaction: From Joy to Cynical Eye Rolls

Andrew Sullivan: President 'let go of fear'

(Newser) - Early reaction to President Obama's backing of gay marriage ranges from joyous raves to complaints about a political ploy. Samples:
  • Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast : "I think of all the gay kids out there who now know they have their president on their side," he writes. Obama today
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Romney Affirms His Opposition to Gay Marriage

Says he's been consistent since his days as governor

(Newser) - Voters will have at least one clear distinction between President Obama and Mitt Romney in November: Just after Obama said he backed the idea of gay marriage, Romney reaffirmed that he remains opposed, reports ABC News . “I have the same view on marriage that I had when I was...

Obama: Gay Marriage Should Be Legal

Says it's clear to him now after his own evolution on the issue

(Newser) - President Obama stepped into the fray over gay marriage in a big way today, telling ABC News flatly that he thinks it should be legal. Here's the big quote from the interview with Robin Roberts, which will air on the evening news:
  • "I have to tell you that
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By Doing Squat, Obama Helped NC Gay-Marriage Ban

This time, he needed to do more: Amy Davidson

(Newser) - North Carolina banned a lot more than gay marriages yesterday: Amendment 1 also bans civil unions, which means it will likely hurt more than just gay couples, and will strip many—including kids—of their health insurance. And President Obama bears some of the blame for its passage, writes...

North Carolina Approves Ban on Gay Marriage

Amendment to state's constitution passes

(Newser) - North Carolina will make a ban on gay marriage part of its state constitution. Voters tonight approved a measure that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, reports AP . The state already has a law against gay marriage, but legislators wanted to make sure it couldn'...

North Carolina Gay Marriage Ban Likely to Pass Today

Amendment would also ban other types of unions

(Newser) - North Carolina heads to the polls today, and the ballot issue getting the most attention is the state’s proposed ban on gay marriage . Though same-sex marriage has gotten some high-level support in the past few days, supporters of the amendment have been marching and running ads of their own...

Joe Biden's Gay Marriage Motive: the 2016 Election

'Meet the Press' interview did touch on presidential run

(Newser) - Joe Biden's support for gay marriage may not have been a political "trial balloon" or a typically Bidenesque case of loose lips. "No one knows quite what to make of Joe Biden’s apparent endorsement of same-sex marriage on Sunday," writes Steve Kornacki at Salon . But...

Arne Duncan: I Support Gay Marriage

He's the second Obama secretary to say so, not counting Biden

(Newser) - Joe Biden's not the only one in the Obama administration comfortable with same-sex marriage . On Morning Joe today, Mark Halperin asked Education Secretary Arne Duncan if he supported same-sex marriage, and Duncan didn't equivocate at all. "Yes, I do," he replied. Asked if he'd ever...

White House Backs Off Biden's Support of Gay Marriage

Joe Biden makes waves with Meet the Press comments

(Newser) - Moments after Joe Biden offered his candid support for gay marriage yesterday, the White House rushed to clarify its position. "The vice president was saying what the president has said previously—that committed and loving same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all Americans and that...

Joe Biden 'Comfortable' With Gay Marriage

Vice president endorses same-sex unions on 'Meet the Press'

(Newser) - President Obama's views may be "evolving" on gay marriage , but Joe Biden's are characteristically blunt: The vice president, though making clear his views were his own, told Meet the Press this morning that he's "absolutely comfortable" with gays tying the knot, saying that the concept...

Billy Graham Gets Behind NC Gay Marriage Ban

Urges fellow North Carolinians to vote yes on Amendment One

(Newser) - Rev. Billy Graham has come out in strong support of North Carolina’s Amendment One , which would ban gay marriage in his home state. "At 93, I never thought we would have to debate the definition of marriage," reads his statement, which will appear in full-page newspaper ads...

Gay Rights Group: NC Bill Just Like Segregation

Ads run as North Carolina considers gay marriage amendment

(Newser) - North Carolina already refuses to recognize same-sex unions, but a new amendment could go further, making sure that only traditional marriages are recognized—and a gay rights group is running a fairly shocking ad campaign against it. Images that recall segregation, like one featuring separate water fountains for straight and...

Is GOP Warming Up to Gay Marriage?

Many Republicans now prefer to focus on other issues, says Politico

(Newser) - With public acceptance of same-sex couples on the rise, Republicans have quietly turned away from the once hot-button subject and toward economic issues, reports Politico . Not that the GOP is pro-gay marriage now—but it's not vehemently pushing to ban it anymore either, with some lawmakers discreetly removing calls...

Anti-Gay Marriage Group's Plan: Divide Gays, Blacks

National Organization for Marriage also wanted to recruit Hispanics

(Newser) - The National Organization for Marriage came right out and admitted—in previously confidential documents—that a goal of one of its projects was "to drive a wedge between gays and blacks." The group wanted to "fan the hostility" over gay marriage and divide black voters and gay...

NH Lawmakers Vote to Uphold Gay Marriage

But opponents vow to continue the fight

(Newser) - Gay marriage is still the law of the land in New Hampshire, after a move to repeal it failed last night. The bill failed 211-116, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports, with 119 Republicans and 92 Democrats voting against it. Only 115 Republicans and one Democrat voted aye. “These...

Benedict Warns US Bishops on Gay Marriage

Pope is wary of 'political and cultural currents'

(Newser) - With gay marriage being put on the ballot in at least five states, Pope Benedict XVI warned bishops visiting from the United States of "powerful political and cultural currents seeking to alter the legal definition of marriage," reports the BBC . He also called premarital sex and couples living...

Cardinal: Gay Marriage as Bad as Slavery

Remarks widely condemned, called 'scare mongering'

(Newser) - The Catholic cardinal in charge of Scotland provoked stinging criticism over the weekend for calling gay marriage a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right," and saying it's as morally reprehensible as slavery, reports the Independent . "Imagine for a moment that the government had decided...

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