A news article dated 29 May 2012 reporting Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan's address at the California Convention Center responding to President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage. Reports Farrakhan calling Obama the first president that sanctioned what the scriptures forbid, stating sin is sin according to the standard of God, and asking clergy who now support gay marriage whether they still believe the book they once preached, while also stating he does not condone homophobia and does not consider himself an enemy of gay people.
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Citation
PublisherHuffPost
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/louis-farrakhan-gay-marriage_n_1552556
Source Typejournalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Independent journalism reporting a public address by the movement's longstanding national leader, paired with a second independent account of the same event. NotesCited for the Nation of Islam's sexuality-position and its detail.
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This source names California directly: "Louis Farrakhan's address at the California Convention Center responding to President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage."
This source names Nation of Islam directly: "article dated 29 May 2012 reporting Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan's address at the California Convention Center responding to President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage."
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
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