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Obama’s embrace of gay marriage makes for a spiritual Mother’s Day

May 1, 2012 By Lisa Miller

When President Obama threw his support behind same-sex marriage, he did something much more than please the members of the LGBT community and the people who love them. He gave hope and encouragement to millions of Americans struggling to do right by their children in unconventional or nontraditional families by implicitly asserting “as a practicing Christian” […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bible, gay marriage, Lisa Miller, marriage, Mother's Day

About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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