Fox News' Shep Smith seemed to strongly endorse President Obama's newly announced support of same-sex marriage on Wednesday. Amidst much hype and baited breath, Obama told ABC News' Robin Roberts that he has completed his so-called "evolution" on the issue and now believes that same-sex couples should be allowed to wed. On his Fox News show, Smith played the tape of Obama speaking, and then said, "the president of the United States, now in the 21st century." BLOG POSTS | Anthony D. Romero: Obama and Marriage: A Turning Point in Presidential Politics Whatever led Obama to fully evolve, the fact that a sitting president proclaimed that we should be free to marry whomever we love and want to share our live with is a big deal worthy of celebration, but only to a point. The civil rights reality for gay couples remains mixed. | | Edward Wasserman: Media Silent When Administration Targets News Sources When President Obama addressed the American Society of News Editors convention last month, the real news was what didn't happen. The watchdogs didn't bark. | | Beau Friedlander: Tribute to Barney Rosset, 1922-2012 Today, at five the doors of the Great Hall at Cooper Union will open, and there will be a memorial service for Barney Rosset, the legendary publisher of Evergreen Review and Grove Press. | | Eric Boehlert: Remember Last Time Right-Wing Bloggers Tried to "Vet" Obama? Right-wing bloggers can whine all they want about Obama not being vetted, but they had their chance to do it in 2008. These same bloggers blew it though, by trafficking in some of the most absurd, un-thinking conspiracy theories imaginable. | | Melissa Pitts: ABC/Univision: Here Are Five Ways to Turn Off Latinos ABC and Univision teaming up to create an English language cable channel aimed at Latinos is a brilliant idea. They just need to be careful -- very careful. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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