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In reply to the discussion: Why I support President Obama [View all]Mortos
(2,454 posts)in the black community to favor gay rights after the President endorsed gay marriage. Polls show a major shift from a majority of black Americans opposing gay marriage before the president spoke out to a majority supporting gay marriage after.
See this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/03/ohio-black-voters-same-sex-marriage-obama_n_1646189.html
and this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/black-shift-on-gay-marriage_n_1540160.html
and this: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_miscellaneousNC_051712.pdf
and he has dismantled two major policy pieces that discriminated against gay people, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," policy and the Defense of Marriage Act. He is without question the most pro-gay rights president ever.