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Title: Obama's gay vision lights fire under US's Bible Belt
Authors: Vaidyanathan, R 
Keywords: Marriage;Liberalization;Same-sex marriage;Gay marriage
Issue Date: 11-May-2012
Publisher: Network 18 media conglomerate
Abstract: President Obama's views on same sex marriages is likely to prove highly divisive in America's vertically split society. Barack Obama has electrified his liberal constituency by announcing his support to same sex marriage. In an interview to ABC television, which he has emailed to all his supporters, he says: “I've always believed that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally. I was reluctant to use the term marriage because of the very powerful traditions it evokes. And I thought civil union laws that conferred legal rights upon gay and lesbian couples were a solution. But over the course of several years I've talked to friends and family about this. I've thought about members of my staff in long-term, committed, same-sex relationships who are raising kids together. Through our efforts to end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, I've gotten to know some of the gay and lesbian troops who are serving our country with honor and distinction. “What I've come to realize is that for loving, same-sex couples, the denial of marriage equality means that, in their eyes and the eyes of their children, they are still considered less than full citizens. Even at my own dinner table, when I look at Sasha and Malia, who have friends whose parents are same-sex couples, I know it wouldn't dawn on them that their friends' parents should be treated differently. So I decided it was time to affirm my personal belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. I respect the beliefs of others, and the right of religious institutions to act in accordance with their own doctrines. But I believe that in the eyes of the law, all Americans should be treated equally. And where states enact same-sex marriage, no federal act should invalidate them.” Read more at: https://www.firstpost.com/world/obamas-gay-vision-lights-fire-under-the-uss-bible-belt-306015.html
Description: First Post, 11-05-2012
URI: https://repository.iimb.ac.in/handle/2074/13093
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