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President refers to homosexuality as ‘lifestyle choice,’ prompting yawns By CHRIS JOHNSON [email protected] President Obama raised eyebrows last week when he described homosexuality as a “lifestyle choice” in an interview on YouTube. Asked by GloZell Green about marriage equality, Obama replied, “I’m hopeful the Supreme Court comes to the right decision, but I will tell you, people’s hearts have opened up on this issue. I think people know that treating folks unfairly, even if you disagree with their lifestyle choice, the fact of the matter is, they’re not bothering you. Let them live their lives, and under the law, they should be treated equally.” The expression “lifestyle choice” is widely viewed as offensive. The Washington Blade reached out to various LGBT groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, the National LGBTQ Task Force and GLAAD, to ask whether they objected to Obama’s use of the phrase. None of those groups responded to a request for comment. J A NU A R Y 3 0 2 0 15 V O L U M E 4 6 ISSUE 0 5 • AMERICA’S GAY NEWS SOURCE • WASHINGTONBLADE.COM OMINOUS MOVES Gov. Larry Hogan is already in hot water with LGBT advocates. PAGES 8 & 16 PAGE 10 ROCK OUT Laura Tsaggaris marks release of live album with 9:30 Club show. SUPER NEWS On eve of Super Bowl, poll shows support for openly gay athletes. PAGE 23 Slew of states considering measures in new line of anti-LGBT attacks By CHRIS JOHNSON [email protected] Amid a series of court rulings in favor of marriage equality, anti-LGBT forces are responding in state legislatures with bills that would allow discrimination to continue against same-sex couples. The introduction of these bills — which range from allowing businesses to refuse services to same- sex couples to cutting off funds for the purposes of granting marriage licenses — comes as many conservative states are facing the reality of marriage equality delivered through court order and as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver a nationwide ruling on the issue later this year. Many of these bills, named Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, have the stated purpose of prohibiting the government from burdening an individual’s exercise of religion except to achieve a compelling interest, and only if that burden is the least restrictive means of reaching that interest. But the wording in such legislation is seen as a thinly veiled attempt to enable discrimination by allowing businesses, such as florists and bakeries in the wedding business, to refuse services to same- sex couples, or by allowing court clerks to refuse to issue them marriage licenses. Eunice Rho, advocacy and policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the bills are problematic not only because they would allow discrimination against LGBT people, but also because they are constitutionally suspect. “Some of these bills single out same-sex couples for discriminatory treatment, and we believe that poses a potential constitutional problem,” Rho said. “But it also obviously violates the principle that you’re being PRESIDENT OBAMA suggested to GLOZELL GREEN that being gay is a ‘lifestyle choice.’ IMAGE VIA YOUTUBE Obama’s Y ouT ube gafe Rise of r eligious freedom bills CONTINUES ON PAGE 15 CONTINUES ON PAGE 14

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