Follow Friday: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage, North Carolina Rejects It

The Takeaway

Every Friday, The Takeaway looks back at the week’s big stories with a few people who have been paying very, very close attention. This week, Takeaway contributor and Republican political strategist  Ron Christie  and Kai Wright, an editor at COLORLINES  magazine, discuss President Obama’s support for gay marriage, North Carolina’s constitutional amendment defining marriage, Dick Lugar’s ouster from the Senate, and allegations that Mitt Romney bullied a gay high school classmate.

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