151 - Obama FINALLY Supports Gay Marriage

Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 4 a.m.

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Original release May 10, 2012.

Encore release September 7, 2018.

Encore release May 31, 2017.

Finally! President Barack Obama goes on the record in support of gay marriage--but only a day after North Carolina voters approved a state constitutional amendment banning it.

And speaking of North Carolina, pastor Sean Harris of Fayetteville\'s Berean Baptist Church preached a sermon in which he advocated parental violence against gay children. He later issued a non-apology apology, dismissing the whole thing as a poor choice of words.

Meanwhile, gay activist Dan Savage is under fire from critics for calling bull$#!+ on Christians obsessed with Old Testament prohibitions against homosexuality.

Finally, David highly recommends Kurt Vonnegut\'s classic novel\\xa0Cat\'s Cradle.

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