Celebrities urge Obama to support gay marriage

CBS News Thursday 17th March, 2011

(CBS/AP) The message from Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch, Martin Sheen and others stars, is, "Say, 'I do' Mr. President."They're among a group of actors, athletes and business leaders urging President Barack Obama to support marriage rights for same-sex couples. The New York-based group Freedom to Marry said that R&B singer Mya, NFL linebacker Scott Fujita and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey also signed an open letter calling on the president to back gay marriage. On

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