i spent time with the students of chicago s urban prep academy the morning after a very significant event in their lives. look at this. this is when i first met the young men of urban prep. an obama rap song comes on. 450 boys go crazy. it was the morning after president obama s election when i sat down with some of the students. they re calling you little ob a obamas. what do you think of that? are you a little obama? we, personally, i think we are little obamas. like he made change, we re making change, going to an all-boys school trying to get to the places he s been, that s college. reporter: college is attainable for 57% of the students here. in 2006 when the school opened
brighten up their classroom a little bit, there s even fine art. fredericton there was all this scrapbooking material there. some of the supplies will save her a lot of money. what do we have here? oh, look at these, you guys. these are the best. and when students see that businesses are giving to them right now, they are going to be much more willing to go out into the community and give back when they are in that position. reporter: casey wayans, cnn, los angeles.
partners, keeping with the church s opposition to same-sex marriage. how long have you and your partner been together? for ten years? chris hinkel is gay and a practicing catholic. he lives in virginia and worships in washington. hinkel views the developments in d.c. as two steps forward and quickly two steps back for the gay and lesbian community and its strained relationship with the catholic church. why is it disappointing to you? it s a slap in the face, yeah. it s it s prejudice. reporter: catholic charities declined to comment but the archdiocese of washington made a point to say that less than 10% of catholic charities employees take part in its health insurance program suggesting that a small portion of the staff will be affected by the change in policy. and in a statement the archdiocese says this approach allows catholic charities to continue to provide services to the 68,000 people it now cares for in the city, to comply with the city s new requirements, and to rema
only 4% could read at grade level. founder tim king says much of if can be attributed to barack obama. the whole time when we went down to watch him announce he was running all the way through to him winning last night there s been an incredible amount of enthusiasm and energy. reporter: according to king in many ways these students are becoming the teachers, literally writing their own future. that was one of the most amazing stories i ever did. there they are. smile, guys. you have every reason to be happy. your parents are looking at you, all your friends. you better smile and look good. tim king, see him there, he s on the left, he s the founder and ceo of urban prep academy. with tim seniors ravon and marlin. congratulations to both of you. 100% of urban prep seniors have been admitted to a four-year college or university. very exciting. we talk about education, tim, and we talk about, you know the disparities in education, how expensive it is, the problems
a stance some say is damaging the church s public image. they are getting a view from the church that isn t necessarily consistent with our values. we don t say people who don t deserve health insurance because they happen to be in a certain kind of marriage or a certain kind of relationship. that s just not what we teach reporter: very same message chris hinkle is trying to send as he fights for acceptance. i want people to treat others with justice. that is a message that i think jesus christ himself had exemplified. reporter: and in today s world you think that applies to health care as the right to mayory? absolutely it does. absolute absolutely. let s bring in father toms reece who has spoken out cons a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and he s with georgetown university thee logical center and joining us