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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other GOP leaders, talk to reporters following a political strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. He is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., far left, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama told a crowd Wednesday in Mansfield, Ohio, that the tax cut Republican Mitt Romney proposes would come at the expense of the middle class. (Associated Press)
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Lines reach outside the doors Aug. 1, 2012, at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Falls Church, Va., on "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," an informal nationwide event organized by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to show support for the corporation, which has faced backlash since company CEO Don Cathy spoke out against gay marriage. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks on Feb. 14, 2012, at HHS headquarters in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Pastor William Owens Sr. opposes President Obama’s support of gay marriage on Tuesday. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Presiding Prelate of the Covenant International Fellowship of Churches Bishop Janice Hollis, from Philadelphia, Pa., joins Wiliam Owen, president and founder of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, to launch a national campaign to oppose President Obama's support of gay marriage during a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Washington D.C. "He does not have a pass," Hollis says in response to the general belief that President Obama is going to win the majority of the African American vote. The CAAP say they are urging black pastors around the country to oppose the president's actions and withdraw support for him in the upcoming November elections. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Rev. Wiliam Owen, president and founder of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, launched a national campaign to oppose President Obama's support of gay marriage during a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Washington D.C. "I'm ashamed that he choose this disgraceful road," Rev Owen says. The CAAP say they are urging black pastors around the country to oppose the president's actions and to withdraw support for him in the upcoming November elections. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Rev. Wiliam Owen, president and founder of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, launched a national campaign to oppose President Obama's support of gay marriage during a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Washington D.C. "I'm ashamed that he choose this disgraceful road," Rev Owen says. The CAAP say they are urging black pastors around the country to oppose the president's actions and to withdraw support for him in the upcoming November elections. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Rep. Barney Frank, a member of the committee drawing up the Democratic Party platform, said the draft document includes language backing gay marriage. The Republican platform is expected to still define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (Associated Press)
