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Poll: ‘Strong support’ for same-sex marriage now exceeds ‘strong opposition’
Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin for the first time, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday.
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Obama Pride: Campaign promotes President’s support of LGBT Americans
WASHINGTON — The campaign to reelect President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden rolled out a new campaign effort Wednesday, targeting LGBTQ voters.
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Poll: Marriage equality not a factor in presidential election
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday indicated that voters are relatively unaffected by President Barack Obama’s support for marriage equality, and that there is growing support for marriage equality in key constituencies – including among Republicans.
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In landmark announcement, NAACP endorses marriage equality
MIAMI, Fla. — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) late Friday passed a resolution endorsing marriage equality for same-sex couples.
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Conservatives throwing tantrums at black community over Obama support
I must say that I am getting a kick out of reading and watching those on the right, particularly the religious right, predict how African-Americans will desert President Obama come election day due to his support of marriage equality. It’s hilarious to me to read the right-wing publications and blogs give room to a supposed angry black pastor who whines about how Obama has betrayed the black community, of course omitting the fact that said pastor never really supported Obama in the first place…
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‘The View’ — Obama stops short on committing to fight to repeal DOMA
President Barack Obama, appearing on ABC’s “The View,” declined to say whether he would publicly take up the fight to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), but in a campaign fundraiser later in the day, seemed to imply that repealing DOMA would be a second-term priority.
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Poll: Americans divided over Obama’s support for same-sex marriage
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday shows that while Americans are divided evenly in their responses to President Obama’s new position supporting gay marriage, 54 percent of African Americans expressed a favorable view of Obama’s position on the issue.
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Obama affirms LGBT support during Barnard commencement address
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his support of LGBT rights during Barnard College’s commencement address on Monday.
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Magazine covers mark Obama’s historic support for marriage equality
President Barack Obama’s historic announcement of support for full marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples is making the cover of national magazines this week, including Newsweek and New Yorker, and likely others before the week ends.
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Romney denounces marriage equality during speech at anti-gay university
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney reiterated his opposition marriage equality for same-sex couples again Saturday morning this morning while delivering commencement remarks at Liberty University, an anti-gay school that bans openly LGBT students from attending.