Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Jay-Z Backs President Obama, Supports Gay Marriage

Discrimination is discrimination no matter its object, rapper Jay-Z says in a new interview with CNN, in which he formally backs President Barack Obama by voicing his support for gay marriage.

You can see video of the interview below, embedded at the end of the article.Just a few days ago, the President went on the record to say he was a supporter of gay marriage because he believed equality should also apply in the case of the LGBT community.

Some of his African-American supporters who helped him win the elections in 2008 have already voiced their dissatisfaction with his new stance, saying it would inevitably lead to the destruction of the sacred institution of marriage.

Jay-Z believes the President should pay no heed to the fact that he'll lose voters (should such a thing happen) because he did right by the people.

?I?ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back. What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love,? Jay-Z tells CNN.

?That?s their business. It?s no different than discriminating against blacks. It?s discrimination plain and simple,? adds the rapper, arguably the most influential artist of the genre on the scene right now.

Asked whether he believes Obama's going public with his support for gay marriage would eventually cost him votes in the upcoming elections, Jay-Z states that votes are not the priority right now.

?It?s really not about votes. It?s about people,? he says.

As we also noted on a previous occasion, after the historic announcement, Obama was accused of jumping on the gay marriage propaganda bandwagon as a means to get more supporters and, thus, earn more votes when the time of the elections comes.

The latest issue of Newsweek, which hails him as ?the first gay President,? though, believes that the statement wasn't just a PR stunt: it was a decision that's been 3 years in the making and for which Obama should be praised and respected.

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