Andrew Sullivan on Barack Obama's Gay Marriage Evolutn

Contents:

• NEWSWEEK VER: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’
• NEWSWEEK COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK LLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' ON VER
• NEWSWEEK COVER: 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK'S NEXT COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• BARACK OBAMA: ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’?
• IS OBAMA THE 'FIRST GAY PRINT' AS NEWSWEEK PROCLAIMS?
• OBAMA NAMED ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER
• NEWSWEEK: OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' (PHOTO)
• WHO WAS OUR FIRST GAY PRINT?
• NEWSWEEK VER CLAR OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’
• NEWSWEEK MAGAZE CALLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'
• ANDREW SULLIVAN ON BARACK OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE EVOLUTN
• OBAMA ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER AS 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK MAGAZE SIGNAT OBAMA AS 'FIRST GAY PRINT'
• NEWSWEEK PUTS REJECTED OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT' VERS ONLE
• NEWSWEEK NAM OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'
• MEDIA REACTN TO NEWSWEEK’S OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ COVER

NEWSWEEK VER: OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT’

It won't be nearly as ntroversial as Time magaze's breastfeedg ver, but Newsweek's May 21 issue clar Barack Obama the untry's "first gay print. The magaze even giv the manr--chief a rabow, Sullivan wr, "had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay. "The full ver story is not yet onle, but a blog post published earlier this week, Sullivan wrote that Obama's support of gay marriage brought him to tears:I do not know how orchtrated this was; and I do not know how lculated is.

What I know is that, absorbg the news, I was uncharacteristilly at a loss for words for a while, didn't know what to wre, and, like many Dish rears, there are tears my let me simply say: I thk of all the gay kids out there who now know they have their print on their si.

NEWSWEEK COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

I thk of the centuri and s which gay people found impossible to believe that marriage and cln their own fai was possible for them, so cshed were they by the weight of social and relig prsure.

I thk of the gay parents who now feel their print is behd their sacrific and their love for their terview chang no laws; has no tangible effect.

Obama's journey on this has been like that of many other Amerins, when faced wh the actual realy of gay liv and gay relatnships.

NEWSWEEK LLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' ON VER

That's why we elected New Yorker, which is also out wh a ver story on gay marriage, took a b more subtle approach wh s May 21 issue. News stori:• How Whe Hoe gay marriage claratns are affectg other Democratic ndidat• Time breastfeedg ver sparks ntroversy• Will Obama's Julia celebrate a gay marriage?

May 13, 2012— -- It won't be nearly as ntroversial as Time magaze's breastfeedg ver, but Newsweek's May 21 issue clar Barack Obama the untry's "first gay print. Sullivan's ver story is not yet onle, but a blog post published earlier this week, Sullivan wrote that Obama's support of gay marriage brought him to tears:I do not know how orchtrated this was; and I do not know how lculated is.

NEWSWEEK COVER: 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'

News stori: • How Whe Hoe gay marriage claratns are affectg other Democratic ndidat • Time breastfeedg ver sparks ntroversy • Will Obama's Julia celebrate a gay marriage? WASHINGTON – Followg Print Barack Obama's public announcement backg gay marriage last week, Newsweek magaze has featured him on s ont ver wh the headle, "The First Gay Print.

"Wh Obama's face pictured lookg skyward and a rabow-lored halo above his head, the ntroversial ver leads to a story wrten by gay wrer Andrew Sullivan -- a self-scribed polil nservative -- who analyz the print's backg of gay said Wednday he supported gay marriage, reversg his posn on a ntroversial social issue jt six months before the November electn and adoptg a stance ght wh uncerta polil print said that after years of lengthy discsns wh iends and fay, cludg his wife and two young dghters, he now "personally" believ gays and lbians should have the right to views are direct ntrast to those of prumptive Republin printial nomee Mt Romney, who reerated Saturday that he believ "marriage is a relatnship between one man and one woman. Brown, whose tenure as edor at Newsweek has seen an array of ntroversial vers, will rpond wh the above, pegged to Andrew Sullivan's piece on Obama's support for same-sex marriage: "The First Gay Print.

“He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, ” Sullivan wr. Four days after Print Barack Obama affirmed his support of gay marriage on Good Morng Ameri, the edors at Newsweek are ready to anot him wh a new tle, "The First Gay Print.

NEWSWEEK'S NEXT COVER: OBAMA 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

"He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, " Sullivan wr. Newsweek once gave Barack Obama the tle of “First Gay Print” on s May 21, 2012, ver as he was heavily foced on issu like legalizg gay marriage across thor of the article was gay wrer, Andrew Sullivan, who wrote, “When you step back a ltle and asss the rerd of Obama on gay rights, you see, fact, that this was not an aberratn. “Tyg the journey of black people to the e of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs is Obama’s most endurg and impactful legacy, ” Whlock says.

One of the books parents are fightg to ban om their children’s school librari is lled "Genr Queer: A Memoir, " which picts numero gay sex acts. "And now, there’s Barack Obama, dubbed “the first gay print” by Newsweek over the weekendThe acpanyg say was penned by The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, who wr that " four years Obama went om beg JFK on civil rights to beg LBJ: om givg upliftg speech to actg ways to make the spirg words a realy.

BARACK OBAMA: ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’?

"Sullivan, who is gay, scrib Obama’s “evolutn” on gay rights as the latt example of Obama “leadg om behd and playg the long game.

”Sullivan also draws a parison between the gay experience and Obama’s own search for racial inty:“Barack Obama had to e out of a different closet. He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay.

The Ameri he grew up had no space for a boy like him: black yet enveloped by lovg whens, tranged om a father he longed for (another mon gay experience), hurtlg between beg a Barry and a Barack, needg an Amerin racial inty as he grew olr but chafg also agast and over-embracg at tim. ”“This is the gay experience: the disvery adulthood of a muny not like your own home and the stggle to belong both plac, whout displacement, whout alienatn.

IS OBAMA THE 'FIRST GAY PRINT' AS NEWSWEEK PROCLAIMS?

”The full say is onle here; the magaze go on sale "First Gay Print" ver on the heels of a different provotive ver by Time Magaze, which last week ed a photo of a woman breast-feedg her young son to illtrate s ver story on "attachment parentg.

Like Mt Romney, Print Obama no doubt wish the same-sex marriage qutn would fa to the background so that issu more important to most Amerins – say, the enomy – uld bee the foc of mpaign ’s unlikely to happen this g ver of Newsweek magaze portrays Obama wh a rabow halo and proclaims that he’s the “first gay print. Barney Frank (D) of Massachetts – the first openly-gay member of Congrs – says, that Obama’s g out on behalf of same-sex marriage this past week won’t make much difference November’s electn.

OBAMA NAMED ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER

" Still, Obama’s end to “evolvg” on gay marriage – though may generate enthiasm among his liberal base, cludg gay activist fund-raisers – will ntue to generate cril ment, cludg om some mentators on the left.

”This has put Obama a neck-and-neck posn wh prumptive GOP nomee Mt Romney – ahead by jt 2 percentage pots the Real Clear Polics pollg whether or not Obama is “the first gay print” may make ltle difference e November.

Tyg the journey of black people to the e of lbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenrs is Obama’s most endurg and impactful legacy.

NEWSWEEK: OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT' (PHOTO)

Newsweek isn't gog to let Time w whout a the battle for most ntroversial ver of the week, Newsweek fired back at Time magaze's now-famo breastfeedg mom image by puttg Print Barack Obama unr a rabow halo wh the tagle "The First Gay Print.

"I've jt nclud that for me personally, is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I thk same-sex upl should be able to get married, " Obama told ABC ver story, wrten by openly gay Newsweek ntributor Andrew Sullivan, has yet to be released full, but the magaze posted an excerpt on why the wrer believ the print's move to support same-sex marriage was not jt a polil ploy. Print Obama's announcement to support same-sex marriage me after Vice Print Bin unexpectedly stated his view that gay people should be able to legally marry.

WHO WAS OUR FIRST GAY PRINT?

The ver featur an image of Obama lookg que angelic wh a rabow-lored halo above his head (or as a HuffPost edor affectnately dubbed —a "gaylo").

“He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, " Sullivan wr. Relatedobama gay marriageGay Marriage same sex marriageNewsweekobama same-sex marriageBefore You GoMedia verage of Obama's gay marriage announcementPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

NEWSWEEK VER CLAR OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’

You may have seen the other ntroversial newsmagaze ver this week, the one where Newsweek dubbed Print Obama “The First Gay Print“. But as Jim Loewen at the History News Network would like to remd , even if Obama were gay, he wouldn’t be the first: more than 150 years before the Uned Stat had s first black print, had s first homosexual manr chief.

And while Loewen not that Obama’s stance on gay marriage is a wele parture om our recent past, to tout morn Amerin society as more tolerant than any our history is a claim that has yet to pass the tt of time. Newsweek, which has recently bee a ndu for ntroversy wh s ver art choic, drew more attentn wh the but of s latt issue clarg Print Obama to be “the first gay print.

NEWSWEEK MAGAZE CALLS OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'

” The ver, featurg Obama anoted wh a rabow halo above his head, ma s arrival on newsstands Monday and the wake of Obama’s claratn last week that he is personally favor of gay marriage. The ver article, by proment Newsweek polil wrer and outspoken gay muny member Andrew Sullivan, lv to Obama’s past and asserts that given his background, his claratn of support for gay marriage should e as no surprise. Drawg parallels between the sense of isolatn felt by many growg to acceptg their homosexualy and Obama’s stggle to assert his own racial inty his early years, Sullivan wholeheartedly celebrat Obama’s cisn.

” Sullivan, should be noted, was also one of the first voic wh the media llg for gay marriage, wh his proment 1989 ver story the New Republic, “The Case for Gay Marriage. ” “It’s one of the richt ironi of our society’s bld spot toward gays that sentially nservative social goals should have the appearance of beg so radil, ” Sullivan wrote back 1989. Given that gay relatnships will always exist, what possible social goal is advanced by amg the law to enurage those relatnships to be unfahful, unveloped, and secure?

” Obama’s claratn alongsi a turng pot for gay marriage the urt of public opn, wh a recent Gallup poll fdg that, for the first time the poll’s history, a majory of Amerins support the legalizatn of gay marriage, 53% to 45%. But, one-fourth of Amerins still say that Obama’s support for gay marriage will make them ls likely to vote for him November, while 13% say they’re now more likely to vote his favor. The print will be tapg an appearance on ABC’s “The View” Monday, to be aired Tuday, which he is expected to speak further on his support for gay marriage.

ANDREW SULLIVAN ON BARACK OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE EVOLUTN

Print Barack Obama’s unplanned, sudn endorsement of gay marriage may pose potential polil challeng for him the upg months, but at least one news anizatn is proclaimg the married father of two the natn's "first gay print. Newsweek on Sunday released the ver of their next issue, which featur Print Obama wh a rabow halo and the tle of 'The First Gay Print.

'He had to disver his black inty and then rencile wh his whe fay, jt as gays disver their homosexual inty and then have to rencile wh their heterosexual fay, ' he wrote, scribg the siari between Mr Obama and the gay muny. Obama, facg a major seri of fundraisers domated by Hollywood liberals and leadg members of the gay muny, me out later the week durg an terview wh ABC News.

Several punds last week poted out that before Obama, the hight rankg ernment lear to endorse legalized gay unns was former Vice Print Dick Cheney.

OBAMA ON NEWSWEEK MAGAZE VER AS 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

Obama’s statement set off speculatn about s polil effect and the ntrast creat wh prumed Republin printial nomee Mt Romney, who oppos gay marriage. Olson, the lead unsel for Bh the 2000 Supreme Court se that cid that year’s electn, has joed wh David Boi, the lead attorney for 2000 Democratic printial nomee Al Gore that year’s battle for the Whe Hoe, to legally challenge California’s 2008 ballot measure known as Proposn 8 that banned gay marriage. Tony Perks, print of the Fay Rearch Council, a group opposed to abortn rights and gay marriage, said on “Face the Natn” that Obama’s gay marriage posn will bolster Romney’s standg wh evangelil voters who are part of the Republin Party base.

In March, when the Republin race remaed uncid Perks said that many voters for whom opposn to gay marriage and abortn are paramount issu “have not been exced” by Romney.

“I n’t thk there are many people who said, OK, well, I’m gog to vote for Obama even though he said that the Defense of Marriage Act is unnstutnal and he said gay people n serve the ary, but if he says marriage, that go too far, ” Frank said on ABC’s “This Week” program. Frank, who is openly gay and isn’t seekg re-electn this year after 16 terms office, referred that Obama admistratn’s cisn last year to no longer fend the law that prohibs the feral ernment om regnizg same-sex spo and the print’s ph for repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy for gays the ary. Jt 30 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds were opposed to gay marriage the Pew survey, pared wh 56 percent of those over the age of 65.

NEWSWEEK MAGAZE SIGNAT OBAMA AS 'FIRST GAY PRINT'

(The admistratn now claims that the qutnnaire om the gay Chigo paper Outl had been answered type—not Obama's wrg—by somebody else.

Whe Hoe sourc say that if Obama had been a state senator New York last year when the Albany legislature legalized gay marriage, he'd have voted favor. Even this was lculated: to have this moment occur between two Ain-Amerins would help Obama lm opposn wh parts of the black terview, by cince, me the day after North Carola voted emphatilly to ban all rights for gay upl the state nstutn.

And when Obama announced recently that he would not issue an executive orr barrg antigay discrimatn for feral ntractors, the gay donors all but threatened to leave him high and dry. The uny and tensy of the gay power brokers—absent the fensive crouch of the Clton years—proved that FDR's maxim still applied: "I agree wh you, I want to do , now make me do .

NEWSWEEK PUTS REJECTED OBAMA ‘FIRST GAY PRINT' VERS ONLE

And by takg a posn directly unter to that of Mt Romney, who favors a nstutnal amendment to ban all rights for gay upl across the entire untry, Obama advanced his key strategy to wng the fall: to make this a choice electn. And last week, pecially after The Washgton Post broke the news of Romney's adolcent asslt on a gay stunt, the choice uld not have been starker. But when an openly gay solir asked a qutn at a Republin bate, a photo of a lbian uple kissg durg a Navy homeg was reprted around the untry, and a Navy veteran asked his Mare boyiend to marry him what was the first proposal volvg two gay men on a U.

Ary base, the sheer spe of the cultural change was marriage too, Obama and Attorney General Eric Holr had already ma the cril cisn that the Defense of Marriage Act was unnstutnal on s face, that discrimatn agast homosexuals warranted heightened legal scty, and that therefore the admistratn would no longer fend DOMA urt, as had s first two years.

NEWSWEEK NAM OBAMA 'THE FIRST GAY PRINT'

And, of urse, if discrimatg agast gays marriage vlat the equal-protectn clse, as the Jtice Department claims, then DOMA is doomed. To add icg to the ke, Secretary of State Hillary Clton gave a speech for the first time assertg that, for the Uned Stat, gay rights were tegral to human rights across the globe, and the U.

He fooled most of much of the time, our outbursts often temperate—I went on CNN at one pot to say that the print had betrayed the gay muny on the ary ban. Gays are born mostly to heterosexual fai and disver as they grow up that, for some reason, they will never be able to have a marriage like their parents' or their siblgs'.

The Ameri he grew up had no space for a boy like him: black yet enveloped by lovg whens, tranged om a father he longed for (another mon gay experience), hurtlg between beg a Barry and a Barack, needg an Amerin racial inty as he grew olr but chafg also agast and over-embracg at is the gay experience: the disvery adulthood of a muny not like your own home and the stggle to belong both plac, whout displacement, whout alienatn.

MEDIA REACTN TO NEWSWEEK’S OBAMA ‘THE FIRST GAY PRINT’ COVER

A week after US Print Barack Obama voiced his support for same-sex marriage, Amerin weekly news magaze Newsweek has herald him as "the first gay print" s ver magaze's ver featur Obama wh a rabow- loured halo over his head and the headle 'The First Gay Print' ver story is by wrer Andrew Sullivan who talks about how he was moved to tearswhen Obama endorsed gay marriage an terview wh ABC Sullivan wr that Mr Obama's life as the son of a black father and whe mother has helped him unrstand the plight of gay men and lbians.

Whe Hoe sourc say that if Obama had been a state senator New York last year when the Albany legislature legalised gay marriage, he'd have voted favour, " the article Sullivan said the "news" that Obama supports gay marriage was tend to be ma a separate ABC show 'The View' but wh Vice Print Joe Bin voicg his opn on gay marriage, Mr Obama spoke about what he thks of gay marriage wh TV journalist Rob Roberts on her show. "Even this was lculated: to have this moment occur between two Ain-Amerins would help Obama lm opposn wh parts of the black muny" Obama had said the ABC News terview that his thought procs on the issue had evolved after discsns wh his iends and had said his dghters Sasha and Malia had iends whose parents were gay upl and he now "personally" believ gays and lbians should have the right to Obama's views are direct ntrast to those of prumptive Republin printial nomee Mt Romney, who reerated Saturday that he believ "marriage is a relatnship between one man and one woman".