There has been some talk about how the guy giving the benediction at the inauguration, Joseph E. Lowery, is a great friend of gay and lesbian people and a supporter of same-sex marriage. In fact, he's in favor of separate-but-equal civil unions, just like Obama:
"I've never said I
support gay marriage," he added. "I support gay rights, and I support
civil unions. Like a whole lot of people, I have some difficulty with
the term 'gay marriage' because...deeply rooted in my heart and mind,
marriage is associated with 'man and woman.' So I have a little
cultural shock with that, but I certainly support civil unions, and
that gay partners ought to have all the rights that any other citizens
have in this country."
He must have caught a raft of shit from the faithful over the media reports that he was in favor of , you know, actual equality.
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