Gay Marriage - Links on the Web

We looked around to see the web to see what news and opinions we could find about gay rights.

• Obama said that he personally does not believe in gay marriage but does think that gay and lesbian people should be treated with respect and the state should not discriminate against them.
• Facts about Hate Crimes based on Sexual Orientation, including the percentage rate of crimes from 1995 to 2004.
  Here's a video of former presidential Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback giving his opinion about why should there shouldn't be gay marraige.
• Ellen DeGeneres gives an emotional talk about the murder of gay 15-year-old boy who was killed for asking another 8th grader to be his valentine.
• McCain basically says that it should be up to the states to decide what to do about gay marraige.
• Huckabee said that he was disappointed when the Arkansas Supreme Court rejected a ban on gay foster parents
• Advisors think that Clinton might endorse civil unions but probably not gay marriage.
• Another blog with simple info on news, politics, etc. about gay marraige

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[Hedda]

Hi Estefany, Jefferson, and Wheeler,

I enjoyed reading your links to the web about gay marriage.

I was wondering what you all though about Obama’s statement: "I don’t think it should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state."