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NY Times Warns Obama Twice from the Left on Gay Marriage, Casually Flips the Race Card

By Clay Waters | June 30, 2011 | 13:45

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New York Times Washington reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg has fired two warning shots on consecutive days across Barack Obama’s left flank, regarding his hesitation to fully endorse gay marriage.

Wednesday’s “Obama’s Position on Gay Marriage Faces New Test” painted Obama in an “awkward” situation regarding his gay supporters. Stolberg twice shoe-horned in race-based arguments to challenge Obama’s position.

 

When President Obama’s guests arrive at the White House on Wednesday for a Gay Pride reception -- just days after New York became the largest state in the country to make same-sex marriage legal -- they will no doubt be in a mood to celebrate.

But for their host, who does not endorse same-sex marriage, it could be somewhat awkward.

“I think they are trying to share the joy, which is genuine on their part, without changing his position,” Hilary Rosen, a prominent Democratic strategist, said of the White House. “I don’t think he can have it both ways here.”

Stolberg flipped the race card:

Others took issue with Mr. Obama’s word choice at the Manhattan fund-raiser, where he noted that “traditionally marriage has been decided by the states.” His critics say that by invoking states’ rights, the president -- a former constitutional law professor and son of a black father and a white mother -- brought up arguments once used to justify laws that would have prevented his own parents from marrying.

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Now, with a growing number of Republicans, including the handful in the New York Senate, supporting initiatives to legalize same-sex marriage, some Democrats are wondering why Mr. Obama does not do the same. Mr. Cuomo, too, has helped change the landscape, said Steve Elmendorf, a Democratic strategist who is gay. He predicts support for same-sex marriage will soon be “a litmus test” for Democratic candidates.

Stolberg used a “Gay Pride” event at the White House to continue the drumbeat in Thursday's "Obama Moves Near ‘Greater Equality’ on Gay Marriage.”

After months of saying his position on same-sex marriage is “evolving,” President Obama traded that language on Wednesday for comments that stopped just short of endorsing the notion that gay people have the right to marry.

But if his personal evolution is complete, Mr. Obama, who has previously opposed same-sex marriage, is not saying so.

Stolberg again forwarded touchy racial arguments. (Recall that liberals attacked Republican Rick Santorum in January 2011 for questioning how Barack Obama, as a black man, could support abortion.)

Mr. Obama has been under pressure from gay rights advocates to clarify his position in the wake of the vote in Albany and his own comments at a Manhattan fund-raiser last week, in which he suggested the marriage question should be left to the states.

The remarks infuriated some close allies, who said Mr. Obama, a former constitutional law professor and the child of an interracial marriage, was invoking arguments once used to defend segregation. On Wednesday, reaction to the news conference was mixed.

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Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times. Click here to follow Clay Waters on Twitter.
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States' Rights = Racism?

Submitted by freecitizen on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:53pm.

I love how they have twisted any appeal to states' rights as a form of racism because it was used in the past to defend bad stuff. People have used freedom of speech as a justification for bad things before as well, but I don't see that tarnishing the right itself.

Liberal: remove all that's Right, and this is what's Left.
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The Main Problem With Gay Marriage

Submitted by Samaritan01 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:01pm.

I understand that the main problem with gay marriage in New York is that Keith Olbermann has discovered that Obama is already married.

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Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Submitted by ConservaSerb on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:50pm.

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A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
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But Muslims are allowed more than one wife, so Keithie...

Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:12pm.

...is still okay. 

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gay marriage

Submitted by driguana on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:11pm.

It's pretty clear that just as everything else with this abomination of a preident, he is waiting for the right political "moment" so he can cashi in on the gay vote. My guess would be about two months before the election.

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If Obama supported gay marriage, his fellow Muslims would flip..

Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:16pm.

...their turbans.

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...and blacks and latinos won't be happy either

Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 3:10pm.

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"professor"

Submitted by dubuqueman on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 2:55pm.

He was never any professor.

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Couldn't Be Simpler

Submitted by NC Boy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 3:50pm.

Many blacks won't vote for a candidate who is on record for same sex marriage. They won't vote against Obama; they just won't vote. He can't win if that happens.

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They want obama to endorse an

Submitted by jessieH on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 4:15pm.

They want obama to endorse an abomination called gay marriage. He might as well, he's going to be in hell with them, anyway. No, I'm not a homophobe. It just goes against everything I believe in.

                                                                                                                                                                    

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You're right

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:11pm.

You're no homophobe. But you obviously hate gays and that makes you no better.

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oh no

Submitted by Hoosier Conservative on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:17pm.

Some tedious libturd says we hate gays for the millionth time. Wait... wait... nope, I still can't care any less.

Marxists can't be good scientists? -troglodyte
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If you will

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:23pm.

Where in the Bible does it say homosexuals and the people who support them are going to hell?

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Halfway down on page 591.

Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:30pm.

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My pocket Bible

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:32pm.

Only goes up to page 30.

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Oh.

Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:37pm.

I'm using the one carved on a grain of rice.

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Kewl!

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:45pm.

Do you have tiny little glasses you use to read the tiny writing?

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No.

Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:49pm.

It's holographic. I can make it big as I want.

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That's probably the coolest thing I've ever heard

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:04pm.

Any chance they make a rice sized Constitution? It could be implanted in every American. Like the pet tracking chip, only we'd all be programmed to honor the Constitution. Maybe I'm going too far.

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Welcome to NewsBusters, troll

Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:25pm.

Sure hope your stay here is a pleasant one, regardless of its duration.

If you need anything, just let me know.

All we ask is that you remove the troll hair from the drain guards after baths ot showers, as plumbers are charging confiscatory rates these days.

And you can use the pool, too, as long as you wear the Tyvek suits you will find hanging in the closet, as all that hair clogs the filters and wreaks havoc on the pumps.

Just be sure to use the chemically-coated yellow ones, as the breathable white ones are for use in the restaurant.

Oh, and watch out for The Vet, as he has been known to skin trolls alive and eat their spawn.

See ya round the threads.

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Then there's nothing to worry about

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:31pm.

I've lasered all over. Totally bald, head to toe. Fancy that.

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Yeah, but what about your fleas?

Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:36pm.

-Dave

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Dave,

Submitted by Zombie Brains on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:44pm.

I'm flea free. However I have not checked for scabies lately.

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Wait Dave*

Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:45pm.

From his own description, I found zombiebrains

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c2,

Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 7:52pm.

LOL - It's worse than I thought.  :-O 

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page 10

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