Will Black Voters Punish Obama for Gay-Marriage Support? | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
They say the arc of history bends toward justice. If that’s true, then as a nation, we’re having a hard time bending on the issue of gay rights. But this week will be remembered as a historic turning point, because President Obama threw political caution to the wind and came out as the man who c...
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