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Wed May 9, 2012, 04:32 PM May 2012

Openly Gay Houston Mayor: Obama ‘Stepped Up’

Openly Gay Houston Mayor: Obama ‘Stepped Up’

Houston Mayor Annise Parker, who is openly gay and who has criticized President Obama in the past for not offering clear enough support for same-sex marriage, tweeted her surprise at the news that Obama had changed his mind.


Wow! I was wrong. Call from White House. The President has stepped up and stated his support for recognizing relationships…like mine!-a

— Annise Parker (@anniseparker) May 9, 2012

Parker recently told Sirius XM radio that Obama “needs to evolve a little bit faster and is not clearly where I think he ought to be.” A staffer for Parker clarified to TPM that the call she received was from a White House staff member, not the president.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/openly-gay-houston-mayor-obama-stepped-up


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