Obama and Gay Marriage: One Year Later | The New Yorker

Contents:

• OBAMA'S EVOLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
• DISSECTG PRINT OBAMA'S 'EVOLUTN' ON GAY MARRIAGE
• OBAMA AND GAY MARRIAGE: ONE YEAR LATER
• OBAMA CLAR SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE

OBAMA'S EVOLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE

May 13, 2013 -- In the begng Print Obama approached the issue of gay marriage had long supported civil unns. He had worked to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and he'd e out agast the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which ni feral benefs to same-sex upl legally married their even when he beme the first stg print May of 2012 to say that he thought gays and lbians should be able to marry, he moved prsed by ABC's Rob Roberts he suggted that the issue should be left to the stat.

Even though 30 stat still had language fg marriage as between a man and a woman their nstutns, by November three more stat would thorize gay the time of his gural addrs the print was speakg sweepg said, "Our journey is not plete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else unr the law--for if we are tly created equal, then surely the love we m to one another mt be equal as well.

DISSECTG PRINT OBAMA'S 'EVOLUTN' ON GAY MARRIAGE

"He ma clear that support for the eedom to marry is not jt important to gay people and our loved on, but a central part of the Amerin project, our journey toward liberty and jtice for all, " says Evan Wolfson of the group Freedom to Febary, as expected, Solicor General Donald B.

OBAMA AND GAY MARRIAGE: ONE YEAR LATER

Perry is a challenge to California's Proposn 8, passed 2008, that f marriage as between a man and a by the language the gural addrs, some gay rights advot wonred if the Department of Jtice would weigh , even though the feral ernment wasn't an official party the se. "It would be very important for , for the Uned Stat to make clear that this is a matter that affects the liv of all Amerins, 's the Constutn for all Ameri, " said Theodore Olson, an attorney reprentg two gay upl challengg Prop Febary 28, Verrilli filed a brief and opponents of Prop 8 were lighted.

Verrilli had not lled for a nstutnal right to gay marriage, but he wrote, "the print and the attorney general have termed that classifitns based on sexual orientatn should be subject to heightened scty for equal protectn purpos.

"Cooper poted out that California has expansive domtic partnership laws that provi gays and lbians wh "prehensive civil rights protectns.

OBAMA CLAR SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

"Jtice Anthony Kennedy--whose vote uld be pivotal--worried on one hand that soclogil rmatn on gay marriage is relatively new.

"In May, Rho Island and Delaware beme the 10th and 11th stat to allow gay marriage addn to the District of the end of June, the Supreme Court will issue opns both the DOMA and Prop 8 s. For some gay rights advot the momentum will be hard to reverse no matter how the Supreme Court l.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

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THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE

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