Posted on 12/22/2011 6:14:16 AM PST by IbJensen
BROOKLYN, New York, December 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A homosexual couple in New York says they received a formal letter of congratulations on their wedding from President Obama, who in public statements has maintained opposition to redefining marriage.
Matt Katz and Aaron Lafrenz of Brooklyn, New York, were among the first homosexual couples to obtain a marriage license in New York this summer. This week they offered to the media an image of a congratulatory letter signed by Barack Obama and bearing the White House seal that arrived in their mailbox this month.
It reads in part: “Congratulations on this special occasion. Michelle and I hope it is blessed with love, laughter, and happiness. Your union marks the beginning of a lifelong partnership as you share in the joys of your life together.”
Katz told ABC News that a family friend had heard that Obama was taking requests upon passage of the New York marriage bill, and thus requested the letter for the couple. The White House confirmed the authenticity of the letter to ABC.
Katz said he suspected the letter was probably at least somewhat politically motivated. “I do think he’s trying to (pander), but I don’t blame him,” Katz told ABC. “At this point, this is not necessarily a ploy but he can’t for public office reasons be on one side, so maybe this is his way of winking at the gay public in New York and saying I really need your vote now.”
Obama has courted the gay rights lobby on several issues throughout his presidency, such as open homosexuality in the military and employment discrimination laws. However, he has remained coy in the face of demands to end federal marriage protections, saying that his views on the marriage subject are “evolving.”
During a fundraiser in New York when state lawmakers were on the brink of changing the definition of marriage, Obama sympathized with gay activists, but said the Defense of Marriage Act could not be immediately repealed because the democratic process was “not always pretty.”
Chaz Bono for Secretary of Interior!
Great Leader wishes it was his wedding. His is a vicarious appreciation for sodomite marriage.
Did he also present them with an Ipod with his speechs on it in case they couldn’t sleep?
While all of his pro-homosexual agenda is clear as day, using a form letter that comes out of the PR office for anyone who sends their wedding announcement to the White House to try to prove the point is pretty lame.
“The proud”: those who want to be regarded as superior to others, whom they
look down on. This also refers to those who, in their arrogance, seek to organize
society without reference to, or in opposition to, God’s law. Even if they seem to
do so successfully, the words of our Lady’s canticle will ultimately come true, for
God will scatter them as He did those who tried to build the Tower of Babel,
thinking that they could reach as high as Heaven (cf. Genesis 11:4).
pschoheresy
He had time to to this but no time for series things?
Must have been a rainy day on the golf course.
Me thinks he wishes to shove it a bit lower.
Was yours filled in?
And, I wonder......if any, ANY, wounded US soldier has received such a well-wishing note from his/her Commander in Chief. This Muslim is promoting these situations because it destroys the fabric of this country.
Was mine filled in?
I don’t know what that means.
I have seen the same letter sent to two other couples that I work for this last year when they sent wedding invitations to the White House, as well as seeing similar cards coming from the Bush White House when invitations or announcements were sent.
It’s standard for the White House to send these cards to anyone who sends an invitation.
The website on which this headline occurred would do well to stop using the ridiculous description of “gay” for homosexuals.
While wishing it was for him and Larry, Reggie, or this week’s body man.
And, I wonder......if any, ANY, wounded US soldier has received such a well-wishing note from his/her Commander in Chief. This Muslim is promoting these situations because it destroys the fabric of this country
My thoughts exactly..I read the other day that he didn’t acknowledge the elderly survivors of Pearl Harbor on the 70th anniversary of the attack..but he has time for this nonsense..pathetic..
Of all the groups I’d be least worried about offending is the homosexual lobby. Two or three percent of the population is all.
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