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Obama rips Republican candidates who oppose gay marriage
Barack Obama on Sunday (27 September) night ripped Republican presidential candidates who oppose gay marriage at an LGBTI fundraiser in New York.
The president was introduced at the Democratic National Committee LGBTI fundraising gala by Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the landmark case that legalized gay marriage nationwide.
Obama said the ‘good news’ was that gay marriage would probably not be used as a wedge issue in the upcoming election ‘because the country has come too far.’
‘America has left the leaders of the Republican Party behind,’ he said before singling out three for special criticism, though without mentioning names.
‘One of their leading candidates argued that going to prison turns you gay,’ Obama said about Ben Carson.
‘Another candidate boasts that he introduced an amendment to end nationwide marriage equality –which isn’t even an accomplishment at all,’ he said in reference to Ted Cruz.
The president continued: ‘A third says Americans should just disobey the Supreme Court’s ruling entirely.’
‘I’m sure he loves the Constitution – except for Article III,’ he said about Mike Huckabee. ‘And maybe the Equal Protection Amendment. And the 14th Amendment, generally.’
Obama then said that religious freedom was not license to discriminate against LGBTI people.
‘We affirm that we cherish our religious freedom and are profoundly respectful of religious traditions,’ he said between bouts of cheers and applause.
‘But we also have to say clearly that our religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights.’
‘And that even as we are respectful and accommodating genuine concerns and interests of religious institutions, we need to reject politicians who are supporting new forms of discrimination as a way to scare up votes.
‘That’s not how we move America forward.’
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Darren Wee
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