President Obama's MN campaign opposes marriage amendment

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President Obama's campaign in Minnesota has issued a statement saying the campaign will oppose the state's proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

"While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples," said Kristen Sosanie, spokeswoman for the Obama for America - Minnesota campaign. "That's what the Minnesota ballot initiative would do - it would single out and discriminate against committed gay and lesbian couples - and that's why the President does not support it."

This isn't the first instance where President Obama has spoken out about a ballot initiative that bans same-sex marriage. The campaign released a statement in March saying Mr. Obama opposed the amendment in North Carolina.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2012/04/president_obama_2.shtml

Cross post from GD... http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002537272

[MNBrewer]

1. But God's STILL in the mix.

Nothing has changed.