Salt Jones
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Booker isn't the only one.
"A prominent Baltimore-area pastor and Maryland legislator who denounced President Obamas stance on same-sex marriage and told his congregation he would not vote in the November election, told BlackAmericaWeb.com on Monday that he has modified his position and would continue to support the president."
"On Sunday, the Rev. Emmett Burns, pastor and founder of Rising Sun First Baptist Church, publicly withdrew his support for the president, who said in a television interview last week that he believed gay Americans should have the right to marry. Burns, who has been a strong Obama supporter has been equally opposed to same-sex marriage and has been working to get a proposal to ban gay marriage on the November ballot."
"I love the president, but I cannot support what he has done," Burns said
Minister Modifies Stance on President, Not Gay Marriage
"A prominent Baltimore-area pastor and Maryland legislator who denounced President Obamas stance on same-sex marriage and told his congregation he would not vote in the November election, told BlackAmericaWeb.com on Monday that he has modified his position and would continue to support the president."
"On Sunday, the Rev. Emmett Burns, pastor and founder of Rising Sun First Baptist Church, publicly withdrew his support for the president, who said in a television interview last week that he believed gay Americans should have the right to marry. Burns, who has been a strong Obama supporter has been equally opposed to same-sex marriage and has been working to get a proposal to ban gay marriage on the November ballot."
"I love the president, but I cannot support what he has done," Burns said
Minister Modifies Stance on President, Not Gay Marriage