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Clinton Announces Support for Gay Marriage

Same-Sex Marriage

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s announcement has put her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.

 

Dems hit DOMA on behalf of a federal worker

Karen Golinski probably didn’t realize she has so many friends. Among them are the more than 130 House Democrats who submitted a legal brief this week saying the government should allow same-sex spouses of federal workers to be covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

 

Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

Barack Obama

President Obama on Wednesday ended nearly two years of “evolving” on the issue of same-sex marriage by publicly endorsing it in a television interview, taking a definitive stand on one of the most contentious and politically charged social issues of the day.

Senh: It's a tough election year issue. If you say you're for gay marriage, then you offend Christians - and most of the people in the U.S. are Christians.

 

Biden: I’m ‘absolutely comfortable’ with gay couples having same rights as straight couples

Joe Biden

Vice President Biden on Sunday appeared to go further than he has in the past in expressing support for same-sex marriage. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Biden described himself as “absolutely comfortable” with gay couples having the same rights as straight couples.

 

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