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Gay Issues in View, Obama Is Pressed to Engage
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat May 06, 2009 09:02pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Thursday, May 7, 2009 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON — President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
But now Mr. Obama — who has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a Christian but describes himself as a “fierce advocate of equality” for gay men and lesbians — is under pressure to engage on a variety of gay issues that are coming to the fore amid a dizzying pace of social, political, legal and legislative change.
Two of Mr. Obama’s potential Supreme Court nominees are openly gay; some advocates, irked that there are no gay men or lesbians in his cabinet, are mounting a campaign to influence his choice to replace Justice David H. Souter, who is retiring. Same-sex marriage is advancing in states — the latest to allow it is Maine — and a new flare-up in the District of Columbia could ultimately put the controversy in the lap of the president. |
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