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April 11, 2008
Obama: Not the Whole Truth on LGBT
Nathan

Did I miss something? Like a true politician, Barack Obama never answered Kerry Eleveld's question on why he allowed on his stump "an anti-gay preacher who states the need to 'break the curse of homosexuality.'" Instead of "reaching out beyond the traditional Democratic base," as Obama claims, he should remember that he is seeking the Democratic Party nomination, not the Independent nomination. As a Gay, Democrat and North Carolina voter who remembers that this controversy happened in my own back yard, I will not forget that Obama is seeking votes any way he can get them; and in South Carolina that meant pandering to a religious, anti-gay, African-American audience at the expense of the LGBT Community.