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Re: Controversial Newsweek Cover Calls Obama ''The First Gay President'' |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun May 13 22:14:41 2012, in response to Re: Controversial Newsweek Cover Calls Obama ''The First Gay President'', posted by Easy on Sun May 13 22:05:16 2012. Obama has (among other things) ended the ban on gays and lesbians in our military, required all hospitals in the US that receive federal funding to allow the partners of gay and lesbian patients visitation rights, ended the 40-year ban on LGBT federal employees from receiving security clearances, issued executive orders prohibiting discrimination against LGBT job applicants for federal positions, and opened political asylum for those seeking to escape anti-gay persecution in their home countries.PLUS, he came out in support of gay marriage. When I interviewed him last year, Obama was already moving towards support of marriage equality. New York's gay-marriage bill was about to be voted on, and his comment was "I'm proud to see democracy at work". Not quite a ringing endorsement of gay marriage, but a veiled indication of where Obama was going. |
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