{"id":28522,"date":"2012-05-15T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?p=28522"},"modified":"2012-05-15T13:32:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T18:32:36","slug":"the-presidents-decision-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2012\/05\/15\/the-presidents-decision-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The President’s Decision and You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The question the pollsters most want to know the answer to is this: Will President Obama\u2019s public announcement that he has now decided to support same-sex marriage impact your vote? Will his decision impact your vote? why or why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

From NYTimes:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 About two hours after declaring his support forsame-sex marriage<\/a> last week,\u00a0President Obama<\/a> gathered eight or so African-American ministers on a conference call to explain himself. He had struggled with the decision, he said, but had come to believe it was the right one.<\/p>\n

The ministers, though, were not all as enthusiastic. A vocal few made it clear that the president\u2019s stand on gay marriage might make it difficult for them to support his re-election.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were wrestling with their ability to get over his theological position,\u201d said the Rev. Delman Coates, the pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Md., who was on the call\u2026.<\/p>\n

The damage-control effort underscored the anxiety among Mr. Obama\u2019s advisers about the consequences of the president\u2019s revised position just months before what is expected to be a tight re-election vote. While hailed by liberals and gay-rights leaders for making a historic breakthrough, Mr. Obama recognized that much of the country is uncomfortable with or opposed to same-sex marriage, including many in his own political coalition.<\/p>\n

The issue of religious freedom has become a delicate one for Mr. Obama, especially after the recent furor over an administration mandate that religiously affiliated organizations offer health insurance covering contraceptives. After complaints from Catholic leaders that the mandate undercut their faith,\u00a0Mr. Obama offered a compromise<\/a> that would maintain coverage for contraception while not requiring religious organizations to pay for it, but critics remained dissatisfied.<\/p>\n

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