Obama named ‘The First Gay President’ on Newsweek magazine cover; creates controversy

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President Obama on the cover of Newsweek following his announcement in support of gay marriage.

Newsweek isn’t going to let Time win without a fight.

In the battle for most controversial cover of the week, Newsweek fired back at Time magazine’s now-infamous breastfeeding mom image by putting President Barack Obama under a rainbow halo with the tagline "The First Gay President."

"Obama's earned every stripe in this haloed rainbow,” Newsweek’s editor-in-chief Tina Brown wrote on Twitter.

Last week, Obama officially announced his support for same-sex marriage, becoming the first sitting president in U.S. history to do so.

"I've just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," Obama told ABC News.

The cover story, written by openly gay Newsweek contributor Andrew Sullivan, has yet to be released in full, but the magazine posted an excerpt on why the writer believes the president's move to support same-sex marriage was not just a political ploy.

"When you step back a little and assess the record of Obama on gay rights, you see, in fact, that this was not an aberration. It was an inevitable culmination of three years of work," Sullivan writes.

Sullivan draws comparisons between Obama's biracial upbringing and the experience of gays who grow up in heterosexual families.

"He had to discover his black identity and then reconcile it with his white family, just as gays discover their homosexual identity and then have to reconcile it with their heterosexual family,” Sullivan writes.

President Obama's announcement to support same-sex marriage came after Vice President Biden unexpectedly stated his view that gay people should be able to legally marry.

"I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties," Biden said on NBC's "Meet the Press" last week.

Newsweek's Obama issue comes days after Time magazine made headlines with a cover featuring 26-year-old, Jamie Lynn Grumet, breast-feeding her 3-year-old son.

Source: NY Daily News


May 14 - Obama named ‘The First Gay President’ on Newsweek magazine cover; creates controversy - ThatHustle.com

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President Obama just publicly expressed support for gay marriage in an ABC interview with Robin Roberts.

"I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married."

VIBE

Re-elect this man. Obama is the greatest president to ever do it.

In Your Moms Room

Lol. not quite^

Got iT Por Barato

This will sway alot of voters but I will take what obama says with a grain of salt

VIBE

Nah, he isn't the greatest but I like Obama because he isn't afraid to say what he wants. He tip toes to test the waters and gather his thoughts based on that, then he speaks on whatever subject. He's smart too, a lot of swayed voters for him now.

earth two superman

no surprise who made this thread.

lordhonka2

he fukin up

i think blacks are a little more conservative than that

VIBE

earth two superman wrote: »

no surprise who made this thread.

lol

kingblaze84

VIBE wrote: »

Re-elect this man. Obama is the greatest president to ever do it.

LOL not even close, but I personally believe anyone should marry who they want. Obama is trying to lure his base back to him and it just might work for some. He's gonna alienate some of his more religious supporters though, so it's a win some, lose some situation.

Swiffness!

Good for him. Word to Andrew Sullivan.

It was just embarrassing at this point, the whole "my position is evolving" talking point fooled literally no-one and just made him look like a bitch

lordhonka2 wrote: »

he fukin up

i think blacks are a little more conservative than that

Pan-African Culture is homophobic as fuck, but niggas ain't gonna suddenly hate on Obeezy cuz he finally co-signed gay marriage. I think its safe to say that the most unpopular Obama decision among blacks will always be Libya. Which is hilarious, because that was simply a case of smart dumb niggas catchin feelings.

kingblaze84

Swiffness! wrote: »

Good for him. Word to Andrew Sullivan.

It was just embarrassing at this point, the whole "my position is evolving" talking point fooled literally no-one and just made him look like a bitch

lordhonka2 wrote: »

he fukin up

i think blacks are a little more conservative than that

Pan-African Culture is homophobic as fuck, but niggas ain't gonna suddenly hate on Obeezy cuz he finally co-signed gay marriage. I think its safe to say that the most unpopular Obama decision among blacks will always be Libya. Which is hilarious, because that was simply a case of smart dumb niggas catchin feelings.

I agree for the most part, I don't think the Black community is suddenly going to abandon him, although most Blacks polled are opposed to gay marriage. Regardless, most Black people in America are not religious at all, and religion is the main reason so many in America and the world hate gay marriage. Because of this, Obama will still carry the Black vote. He'll suffer some backlash though for sure.

As far as Libya is concerned, it was still a very stupid decision for Obama to bomb Libya. It was a waste of money and it strengthened Al Qaeda and other "terrorist" groups that Obama claims to fight against. America is bankrupt beyond belief, wasting billions for a campaign that didn't do much to help America's image worldwide was fucking dumb as hell.

MR.CJ

atlanta got his back

ThatDamnJay

Political gamble, but it was time someone took it on...he voiced his support, but will let the States make their own, final decisions.

earth two superman

Swiffness! wrote: »

Good for him. Word to Andrew Sullivan.

It was just embarrassing at this point, the whole "my position is evolving" talking point fooled literally no-one and just made him look like a bitch

lordhonka2 wrote: »

he fukin up

i think blacks are a little more conservative than that

Pan-African Culture is homophobic as fuck, but niggas ain't gonna suddenly hate on Obeezy cuz he finally co-signed gay marriage. I think its safe to say that the most unpopular Obama decision among blacks will always be Libya. Which is hilarious, because that was simply a case of smart dumb niggas catchin feelings.

the average nigga cant even find libya on the map bruh. you think he/she gives a shit?

Matt-

well, at least taking a stand is better than going on for four years of having an "evolving" opinion. its funny tho that he was gonna try to make a big deal about it at the DNC, but Biden backed him into a corner and he had to speak on it sooner than he wanted to.

VIBE

LOL

Wonder what the dinners like,

"So, uh, Joe, uh, we agreed we would... wait to speak about...gay marriage"

damnkp

nigga lost my vote with this shit

caddo man

MR.CJ wrote: »

San Francisco got his back

fixed for historical accuracy!

VIBE wrote: »

LOL

Wonder what the dinners like,

"So, uh, Joe, uh, we agreed we would... wait to speak about...gay marriage"

I know right I betcha he called him like "WTF are you doing?"

But if you surprised by this, You been living under a rock!

Soloman the Wise

Obama fucked up again, the Monogamous comment almost seems like a swipe at Romney. If he really wanted to fuck up the status quo and gain support from different bases cosign Polygamous marriage, the Mormons, the Islamic world and pimps everywhere would have to give him new looks. The homo vote was already his all this is meant to do is distract from real issues like the passage of HR347...

janklow

kingblaze84 wrote: »

Because of this, Obama will still carry the Black vote. He'll suffer some backlash though for sure.

what could MAYBE hurt him is if it contributes to people not being motivated to vote and thus hurting turnout, but beyond that, most people angry about this weren't going to vote for him anyway.

ThatDamnJay wrote: »

Political gamble, but it was time someone took it on...he voiced his support, but will let the States make their own, final decisions.

on the other hand, saying it like this is sort of a cop-out, especially if he doesn't have a consistently federalist attitude towards other issues (say, medical marijuana)

but taking a stand is something, to be sure

Soloman the Wise

Soloman the Wise wrote: »

Obama fucked up again, the Monogamous comment almost seems like a swipe at Romney. If he really wanted to fuck up the status quo and gain support from different bases cosign Polygamous marriage, the Mormons, the Islamic world and pimps everywhere would have to give him new looks. The homo vote was already his all this is meant to do is distract from real issues like the passage of HR347...

only HOmo's feelings were hurt by this post any one who wants to have a harem without having to worry about the haters who can only knock a single person fucking with their lives. Pack of Wolves, Pride of Lions, Sultans Harem, Mormons Sister wives, Macks Team, etc... >>>>>> tooty fruity in the booties wanting to wed so they can get shit in the divorce later and further curb population growth...

tab58064

Got iT Por Barato wrote: »

This will sway alot of voters but I will take what obama says with a grain of salt

I think it will sway a lot of black religious votes away from Obama. I honestly don't know how to feel about him coming out with this. Why doesn't he just favor rights for ANY adult who wants to marry ANYONE as long as they are of sound mind??? What I'm getting at is this, how can you exclude other groups of people who may want to marry someone that the majority of society turns their noses up to such as a sister & brother who may want to marry (rare I know but there are relationships amongst siblings or close relatives that go beyond what's normal) or men or women who would like to have more that one husband or wife??? I'm just saying we have people out here who go on and on about equal rights, civil rights, etc. but in the case of marriage if the door is going to be opened up for gay people to marry because of love shouldn't Obama be just as supportive for the rights of any other couple who wants to get married???

kingblaze84

tab58064 wrote: »

Got iT Por Barato wrote: »

This will sway alot of voters but I will take what obama says with a grain of salt

I think it will sway a lot of black religious votes away from Obama. I honestly don't know how to feel about him coming out with this. Why doesn't he just favor rights for ANY adult who wants to marry ANYONE as long as they are of sound mind??? What I'm getting at is this, how can you exclude other groups of people who may want to marry someone that the majority of society turns their noses up to such as a sister & brother who may want to marry (rare I know but there are relationships amongst siblings or close relatives that go beyond what's normal) or men or women who would like to have more that one husband or wife??? I'm just saying we have people out here who go on and on about equal rights, civil rights, etc. but in the case of marriage if the door is going to be opened up for gay people to marry because of love shouldn't Obama be just as supportive for the rights of any other couple who wants to get married???

Good point....polygamy should be legal if we allow gay marriage.

MR.CJ

tyler perry got his back

Soloman the Wise

Nicki Minaj, Lil B, Lady Gaga, Jay Z, Puffy, Queen Latifah and Dr. Dre all are orgnaizing a fundraiser now in support...