Urban Radio Callers Slam Obama Over Gay Marriage Support
May 15, 2012
Listeners of New York hip hop radio station HOT 97 did not take kindly to the news that President Obama had endorsed same-sex marriage. The day after the announcement, callers took to the airwaves to express their disappointment with the news.
AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
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HOST:
The sad part is amazingly there are people in New York whose votes he just lost. No question about it I have been doing radio for a long time and whenever I talk about this issue I am shocked by how many people call up and are upset with the idea of supporting same-sex marriage. Even in New York, even in 2012.
So, if anyone in NYC is disappointed that Obama made this announcement, call us up.
(...)
Anthony, how do you feel about Obama? You're not feeling him, huh?
CALLER ANTHONY:
No, because I’m totally against that same-sex marriage, man. I’m 27, I grew up in the days where a female’s supposed to marry a female, I mean a male supposed to marry a female.
HOST:
How does it affect you?
ANTHONY:
Because you got the younger generation in today’s society growing up. I mean if you have a kid would you want your kid, if he was a boy, marrying another guy? Or daughter marrying another girl? The emotions, the feelings?
I'm totally against it. I mean I'm born and raised in New York, my parents are from Guyana. That would never go in Guyana.
HOST:
Jennifer, you will not vote for Obama because of what he said?
JENNIFER:
Definitely not.
HOST:
Why?
JENNIFER:
I don't know, I've never liked gay people
HOST:
Jennifer, do you know how disgusting that sounds?
JENNIFER:
Let me rephrase that, I don't agree with what they are into.
I'm not going to vote for Obama because I feel like... he knew he was losing votes and he needed to get people's attention. And that's what he did. Why did he want to do this now, when he knows election day is... |
