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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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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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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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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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E.J. Graff / American Prospect:
I Am Gobsmacked — Well, I guess I'm cynical. I had a list of reasons as long as my arm for President Obama NOT to state that he favors equal marriage. My heart is turning such cartwheels that I am not sure I can write anything cogent. — Here's what I was all ready to say before the announcement:
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Log Cabin Republicans:
Obama Announcement Is Cold Comfort to LGBT Americans — (Washington, DC) - Log Cabin Republicans respond to President Barack Obama's latest evolution on the freedom to marry. — “That the president has chosen today, when LGBT Americans are mourning the passage of Amendment One …
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Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Fox Nation: “OBAMA FLIP FLOPS, DECLARES WAR ON MARRIAGE” — In response to President Obama's declaration of support for marriage equality this afternoon, Fox Nation ran the following headline: — Fox Nation's post linked to a Yahoo News article on Obama's announcement, which ran the headline …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
The Influence Industry: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers — video platform video management video solutions video player — President Obama says his position on same-sex marriage has evolved. (ABC News) — President Obama's announcement Wednesday …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Evolves — If you're going to go down (and I don't think he is) go down with your sword: … I know what the polls show, and I know he was pushed into it, but I still credit the president with doing the right thing. So much of this process reminds me of Lincoln weighing emancipation …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama Lets Go Of Fear — [Re-posted from earlier today.] — I do not know how orchestrated this was; and I do not know how calculated it is. What I know is that, absorbing the news, I was uncharacteristically at a loss for words for a while, didn't know what to write, and, like many Dish readers, there are tears in my eyes.
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
A Terrible, No Good, Awful Night for Barack Obama — One initial point to ponder: if the No-H8 campaign tries to fire up in North Carolina as the No-A1 campaign, people will wonder why they are campaigning against steak sauce. Probably won't happen. North Carolina did not pass a ban on gay marriage as the media reports.
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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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Steve Clemons / The Atlantic Online:
Bring It On: Obama Rallies the Base With Gay Marriage Endorsement
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
President Obama's calculated gamble on gay marriage
President Obama's calculated gamble on gay marriage
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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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M.S. / Democracy in America:
Good for Obama, bad for gay marriage
Good for Obama, bad for gay marriage
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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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Noted gay-marriage supporter finally drops cynical charade
Breaking: Noted gay-marriage supporter finally drops cynical charade
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama
Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama
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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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Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
N.C. Vote to Ban Gay Marriage a Warning for Obama and Democrats
N.C. Vote to Ban Gay Marriage a Warning for Obama and Democrats
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Washington Free Beacon:
Gay for Pay — President Obama announced his support …
Gay for Pay — President Obama announced his support …
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Andrew Rosenthal / Taking Note:
The President Speaks Out (Finally) on Marriage
The President Speaks Out (Finally) on Marriage
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Romney in Colorado: “I do not favor civil unions” — DENVER — Mitt Romney, who's now a sure bet to be the Republican Party's presidential nominee this fall, commented about gay marriage and civil unions during an interview with FOX31 Denver's Jeremy Hubbard Wednesday.
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Sarah Huisenga / CBS News:
Romney affirms opposition to same-sex marriage
Romney affirms opposition to same-sex marriage
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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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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Sore Lugar — For a “statesman,” he's sure acting childish. — When Richard Mourdock, Indiana's state treasurer, defeated six-term incumbent Dick Lugar in yesterday's Republican Senate primary, he sent out a graceful email to supporters: “When I began my campaign for U.S. Senate in 2011 …
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Peter Taylor / BBC:
‘Vomiting and screaming’ in destroyed waterboarding tapes — Jose Rodriguez told Newsnight he was right to destroy the tapes — Secret CIA video tapes of the waterboarding of Osama Bin Laden's suspected jihadist travel arranger Abu Zubaydah show him vomiting and screaming, the BBC has learned.
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Dan Froomkin / Reuters:
Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, War Wire, Video, Iraq WMD, Scooter Libby, Works For Me, Politics News — WASHINGTON — In his new book, former Secretary of State Colin Powell provides …
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