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Rick Klein / Yahoo! Good Morning America:
President Obama Affirms His Support for Same Sex Marriage — President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice president. In an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House strikes back on gay marriage — Just hours after President Barack Obama publicly backed gay marriage, the House struck back and passed a measure aimed at reinforcing the Defense of Marriage Act. — With a 245-171 vote, the House voted to stop the Justice Department from using taxpayer funds …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ThinkProgress, americanthinker.com and CNN
Politico:
Biden blamed; politics drove timing — Joe Biden just might go down in history as the guy who forced Barack Obama to publicly announce his private support for gay marriage. — But the vice president is no hero in the West Wing, and administration officials are struggling to cast Obama's truly historic …
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Salon, Taylor Marsh, US Politics, The Moderate Voice, CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
John Cook / Gawker:
Barack Obama's Bulls**t Gay Marriage Announcement — ABC News has only released one brief clip of Obama's conversation about gay marriage today, but it seems fairly clear from the network's coverage that his announcement amounts to much less than meets the eye. He now believes that gay couples should be able to marry.
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Human Events, GayPatriot, The Agitator, ABCNEWS, Shot in the Dark, Politico, Towleroad News #gay, Business Insider, msnbc.com, The Lonely Conservative and CNN
Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:
‘On My Behalf’ — The debate over same sex “marriage” has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. Then there is Barack Obama. — In his ABC interview, the president pretended that his much touted “evolution” had now led him, ineluctably, to speak out now, today; he simply could longer stay silent.
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Right Wing News, American Spectator, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Betsy's Page
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
News Analysis: Obama's Watershed Move on Gay Marriage — President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday was by any measure a watershed. A sitting United States president took sides in what many people consider the last civil rights movement, providing the most powerful evidence …
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Politico, msnbc.com, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, theGrio, ABCNEWS, GOP 12, Washington Post, Towleroad News #gay and The BLT
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Top social conservative worried the right may lose on gay marriage — Conservative religious leaders predicted President Obama's support of gay marriage will hurt him this election — but one fretted that the tide has turned against them long-term on the issue, and that Obama's statement could further erode their position long-term.
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CNN:
Responses to Obama's same-sex marriage announcement
Responses to Obama's same-sex marriage announcement
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Good As You, This Just In, Mediaite, Joe. My. God. and Daily Kos
Log Cabin Republicans:
Obama Announcement Is Cold Comfort to LGBT Americans
Obama Announcement Is Cold Comfort to LGBT Americans
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Romney in Colorado: “I do not favor civil unions”
Romney in Colorado: “I do not favor civil unions”
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear
Obama Lets Go Of Fear
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The New Republic, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politico and Power Line
Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
GOProud, Inc.:
GOProud Statement on President Obama's Remarks Regarding Marriage Equality
GOProud Statement on President Obama's Remarks Regarding Marriage Equality
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Washington Post, American Power and The Huffington Post
Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election
The Facts: Gay Marriage Didn't Tilt 2004 Election
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Weekly Standard and ABCNEWS
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Evolves
Obama Evolves
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Master Feed, American Prospect and ThinkProgress
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers
The Influence Industry: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers
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E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
I Am Gobsmacked
I Am Gobsmacked
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Slate, pandagon.net and Washington Monthly
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
News Analysis: Obama's Marriage Equality Support Is Not the Half-Loaf Some Are Claiming
News Analysis: Obama's Marriage Equality Support Is Not the Half-Loaf Some Are Claiming
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Mother Jones, The Huffington Post and ABCNEWS
NOM Blog:
NOM Promises Pro-Marriage Americans Will Defeat Obama This November For Abandoning Marriage
NOM Promises Pro-Marriage Americans Will Defeat Obama This November For Abandoning Marriage
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rightwingwatch.org, The Catholic League, Good As You and Towleroad News #gay
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents — BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies as a high school senior at the prestigious Cranbrook School. Back on the handsome campus …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Obama hits Romney with ‘Etch A Sketch’ — (CNN) - President Barack Obama labeled presumptive challenger Mitt Romney's comments that took credit for the auto industry's recovery as an “Etch A Sketch moment.” — “I think this is one of his Etch A Sketch moments.
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Weasel Zippers
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Shep Smith: ‘Wrong side of history’ — Fox News anchor Shep Smith made his own news today when he said President Obama was “now in the 21st century” after announcing his support for same-sex marriage. Minutes later, in a conversation with colleague Bret Baier, he added:
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The Other McCain and The Raw Story
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Katherine Ellison / The Atlantic Online:
An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts — Industry giants say their case is misguided. But that isn't stopping a group of high school students from using the legal system to make environmental demands. — Alec Loorz turns 18 at the end of this month.
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ThinkProgress, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Guardian
ABCNEWS:
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum put out a statement blasting President Obama's decision to support same-sex marriage Wednesday. — Although his thoughts on the topic were not unusual, the group it came from was not the old Rick Santorum for President organization.
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GOP 12
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
324,000 Women Dropped Out of Labor Force in Last Two Months—As Number of Women Not in Labor Force Hits Historic High — (CNSNews.com) - 324,000 women dropped out of the nation's civilian labor force in March and April as the number of women not in the labor force hit an all-time historical high …
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americanthinker.com, Right Wing News, Weasel Zippers, Althouse and UrbanGrounds
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Jobless claims fall, trade gap widens — (Reuters) - The number of Americans submitting new applications for jobless benefits edged down last week, easing concerns the labor market was deteriorating after April's weak employment growth. — While the claims data indicated the economy remained …
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The Enterprise Blog and The Page