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Tilt up exterior Saint Patrick's Cathedral2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Simon Mariano, Catholic parishioner:\"I think he's absolutely right about that. In this day and age it doesn't make any sense not support it. If...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNew York - 10 May 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Tilt up exterior Saint Patrick's Cathedral\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Simon Mariano, Catholic parishioner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think he's absolutely right about that. In this day and age it doesn't make any sense not support it. If two people love each other let them get together. It shouldn't be any problem. There's other issues to deal with and more important than that. That's how I feel about it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Theresa Gibbons, Catholic parishioner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Actually, the Catholic church is against abortion and I'm pro-choice so go-figure. You know the Catholic Church has to, maybe, update their views.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4.  Wide of tourists leaving St. Patrick's Cathedral\u003cbr/\u003e5.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Jean Skelly, Obama supporter:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's long overdue and I think that everybody has the right to love who they love.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6.   SOUNDBITE: (English) Aviva Hirsch, Obama supporter:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's important for our president to support all different choices and let people have the freedom to choose what's right for them.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCincinnati, Ohio - 10 May 2012\u003cbr/\u003e7.  Wide shot of Corinthian Baptist Church\u003cbr/\u003e8.  Close-up of Church sign\u003cbr/\u003e10. Medium shot of Pastor of the Corinthian Baptist Church \"KZ\" Smith talking with man at piano\u003cbr/\u003e9.  SOUNDBITE: (English) Pastor \"KZ\" Smith, Corinthian Baptist Church:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Whether the President supports it, or the Pope, or anyone else supports it, I will not support it, because based upon the word of God its not the right thing to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pastor at his desk \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pastor \"KZ\" Smith, Corinthian Baptist Church:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is not the litmus test for me as to whether I will support him or not. President Obama, I believe, is the best person for the job as President right now. Romney, if I had a choice between Obama and Romney, I would pick Obama everytime even though Romney has come out against same sex marriages, but Romney also has said that he is not really sensitive to the poor and so I would rather be with a President that is really looking at the poor and the middle class, versus a person who doesn't really understand what poor people go through.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOmaha, Nebraska - 10 May 2012\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide shot of downtown buildings\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Linda Luth, Romney Supporter:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am against gay marriage, I think marriage should be between a man and a woman, I strongly disagree with President Obama on that, what he just came out and said yesterday. I think the American way is that a marriage should be between a man and a woman.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Terry Eyberg, Romney Supporter:\u003cbr/\u003e\"To me it should be a non-issue, right now we need to focus on the economy and get the country back, people to work and stuff like that. To me it's just a distraction, that is what it is.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Romney supporter truck with posters and flags\u003cbr/\u003eReligious leaders and lay-people alike continued to react on Friday to the US President's newly announced support for gay marriage. \u003cbr/\u003eSome have been quick to criticise the move with New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who heads the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, declaring Obama's remarks \"undermine the institution of marriage, the very cornerstone of our society.\" \u003cbr/\u003eHowever at least some Catholic church-goers in New York had a different opinion.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If two people love each other let them get together. It shouldn't be any problem. There's other issues to deal with and more important than that,\" Simon Mariano said outside Saint Patrick's Cathedral on Thursday. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Ohio, a black pastor suggested the president's comments were irrelevant.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"Whether the President supports it, or the Pope, or anyone else supports it, I will not support it, because based upon the word of God its not the right thing to do,\" Pastor \"KZ\" Smith of the Corinthian Baptist Church said.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever Pastor Smith denied that the issue would be a major factor in the upcoming presidential elections.\u003cbr/\u003eIf I had a choice between Obama and Romney, I would pick Obama everytime even though (Republican presidential hopeful Mitt) Romney has come out against same sex marriages,\" he said on Thursday.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Romney also has said that he is not really sensitive to the poor and so I would rather be with a President that is really looking at the poor and the middle class, versus a person who doesn't really understand what poor people go through.\"\u003cbr/\u003eRomney supporters in Nebraska made it clear they were against Obama's remarks, and said the man they want to see in the White House was being scrutinised over his own record on gay rights.\u003cbr/\u003e\"To me it should be a non-issue, right now we need to focus on the economy and get the country back, people to work and stuff like that. 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