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The Real Reason Blacks Won’t Abandon President Obama Over Marriage Equality
Sophia Kerby, Aisha C. Moodie-Mills, Center for American Progress - The media’s knee-jerk reaction to President Barack Obama’s stance on marriage equality has been to question whether black voters, of which only 39 percent agree with the president’s newly announced position, will abandon him over it. Supporters and critics alike, who cite enthusiasm for the first black president [...]
Black pastors condemn Obama’s gay marriage support
A group of black pastors gathered in Memphis on Thursday to denounce President Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage and call on him to change his views. Some members of the black clergy, including the 13 Tennessee pastors who met Thursday, have taken offense at comparisons between homosexual rights and the civil rights movement of [...]
Obama honors nation’s top police officers
President Barack Obama honored the nation’s top police officers on Saturday, paying tribute to their sacrifices and “quiet courage” in the line of duty. Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, praised the winners of a national police association award at a White House ceremony that honored 34 officers who showed valor in an assortment [...]
Many blacks shrug off Obama’s new view on gays
Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn’t disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an “Obama 2012″ placard and another that reads “We’ve Got His Back.” If Obama needs to endorse same-sex marriage to [...]
Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?
He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation’s people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe — that states should decide such issues on their own. A black president speaking out for a minority denied the [...]
