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Obama urging state lawmakers to legalize gay marriage in Illinois
“While the president does not weigh in on every measure being considered by state legislatures, he believes in treating everyone fairly and equally, with dignity and respect,” White House spokesman Shin Inouye told the Chicago Sun-Times on Saturday.
“As he has said, his personal view is that it’s wrong to prevent couples who are in loving, committed relationships, and want to marry, from doing so. Were the President still in the Illinois State Legislature, he would support this measure that would treat all Illinois couples equally,” Inouye said…
The practical impact of Obama urging his home state to legalize gay marriage is to prod–and give political cover to–reluctant Democrats from conservative suburban and Downstate districts.
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Why don’t you just deem it so? You ignore Congress, the Constitution and other laws. Just make it legal by waving your hand.
darwin on December 30, 2012 at 1:05 PM
How does the State determine if someone is in a loving and committed relationship?
BKeyser on December 30, 2012 at 1:06 PM
how does the poofter in chief Barack insane ogabe reconcile his Islamic faith and his sodomy?
tom daschle concerned on December 30, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Well you could have fooled me? bho sticks his worthless nose in every state that disagrees with what HE WANTS! The union thugs issues come to mind in states in the last few months!
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letget on December 30, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Why is King Obama sticking his nose into a states business, doesn’t he have better things to do?
JPeterman on December 30, 2012 at 1:12 PM
“If I had a husband, he’d look a lot like what we see under an Illinois gay marriage law”
Paul-Cincy on December 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM
Barry must have his eye on some lucky guy.
ctmom on December 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Wait, I thought he was “retiring” to Hawaii?
CorporatePiggy on December 30, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Because he sticks his…
Schadenfreude on December 30, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Where does hillbuzz stand on this? Will they lie down and just take it?
platypus on December 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Great idea. Then we could have more stories like this:
Socratease on December 30, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Gee. It appears to be quite an over reach of federal ‘persuasion’ for a POTUS to interfere…
Over reach? Oh, wait. I forgot who we’re talking about for a minute.
locomotivebreath1901 on December 30, 2012 at 2:35 PM