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"Lots of celebs took to Twitter last week to give the president a virtual high-five after Obama announced that he now supports same-sex marriage. Of course I was thrilled about the president&amp;#39;s announcement and psyched that celebs were supporting him, but I&amp;#39;m extra-psyched that rapper/songwriter/producer/Blue Ivy daddy Jay-Z just said that he agrees with the president&amp;#39;s new stance on gay marriage.\nPinterestFacebookYou don&amp;#39;t have to look too hard to find homophobia in hip-hop, so it&amp;#39;s especially awesome, in my opinion, that such a major player on the hip-hop arena would speak out in favor of gay marriage. (Here&amp;#39;s an interesting article on hip-hop and homophobia, if you&amp;#39;re interested.) I mean, obviously Neil Patrick Harris and Ellen and Jane Lynch&amp;#8212;who all tweeted their support&amp;#8212;support gay marriage. They&amp;#39;re all gay and married. But I think supporting gay marriage means something else when it&amp;#39;s coming from a straight hip-hop artist.\nFrom Jezebel: In an interview with CNN, Jay-Z was asked about his feelings in the wake of President Obama declaring his support for gay marriage. Jay said that not granting gay people the right to get married is &amp;quot;holding the country back.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That&amp;#39;s their business. [It] is no different than discriminating against blacks. It&amp;#39;s discrimination plain and simple.&amp;quot; When the reporter asked whether Obama&amp;#39;s stance would cost him votes, Jay insisted: &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s really not about votes. It&amp;#39;s about people\u2026 I think it&amp;#39;s the right thing to do.&amp;quot;\nRead the full story here.\nIs anyone else impressed by Jay-Z speaking out in favor of gay marriage?\nMore miscellaneous wedding stuff:\n\nAs a Bridesmaid, Would You Rather Wear a Short Dress or a Long One?\n\n\nSome Non-Ugly Stamps to Jazz Up Your Wedding Invites\n\n\nA Super-Cute (Super-Cheap!) Way to Package Your Favors\n\nPhoto: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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