listen, give me a sense of your reaction this morning after hearing president obama s announcement. well, i m still elated and filled with emotion, what president obama did yesterday was so courageous because, as you know, other past presidents and vice presidents have come out in favor of marriage equality for gay people, but president obama did it while he s still in office and while there s still some might consider a risk to his future presidency, re-election but it was incredibly fantastic for 14 and 15-year-old kids to hear the president of the united states say to them that they are entitled to be with the person that they love. that there is not going to be a hole in their life, that he supports them regardless of what their parents might say, regardless of what their church might say. he supports who they are as a full human being. well, he also said, mitchell, he believes that the issue should be decided state by state which really isn t going as far as potent
homosexuality is a sin. we have southern baptist ministers, catholic clergy, who have over time realized how wrong it was to have an outdated, misguided view just as clergy did in the 60s. when i was dwroeg up i remember how people used to use their religion to deny people of co r color, to deny women, minority religious groups, their equal rights. history has been the arbiter of showing how wrong that is. today it is equally wrong against the gay community. mitchell gold, nice to see you today. i want to tell everyone, the book is titled youth in crisis. it s now available in paper back. mitche mitchell, thanks. herman cain shaking things up, surging several points to tie rick perry in a new poll. is he serious or does he have another agenda? we look at that in today s flip side. or does he have another agenda? we look at that in today s flip side.
better off dead. this happened at a high school dance. a nonprofit civil rates advocacy group, just released a book in paper back called youth in crisis: what everyone should know about growing up gay. thank you, good morning. thank you for having me. absolutely. let s talk about the book, what is the message that you wanted to put out there in this book itself? well, the message is that when we talk about kids that are committing suicide, as a result of bullying in schools, it s much more deeper than a that. and i want to talk about bullying that kids get from their parents and bullying that they get from their religious institutions. these are the things that are really deep and hurting these kids. and i want to talk about kids that are doing the bullying, who are these kids? who are their parents? what do they believe? and we really have to, as a country, have a serious discussion about religious views