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It was 10 years ago that George W. Bush won a second term while campaigning on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

It was two years ago that the media said Barack Obama was taking a huge gamble by throwing his political weight behind same-sex marriage.

Now, with gay marriage legal in 19 states and the District of Columbia, you barely hear Republicans talking about it. While many nominally oppose it, they have effectively conceded the issue.

Does this mean cultural issues are now working to the Democrats advantage? A New York Times piece says yes, but I think that somewhat overstates the case.

There is no question that demographic shifts in America have transformed the political landscape. Younger voters who are coming of age barely understand the fuss about same-sex marriage.

But other social issues are definitely working against the Demsnot to mention that foreign policy has flared up in importance during the ISIS crisis and the mess in Ukraine, and President Obama is getting low marks for handling national security.

The Times piece, by the savvy Jonathan Martin, flatly declares that Democrats are now on the offensive in the culture wars.

Democrats see social issues as potent for the same reasons Republicans once did, using them as a tool to both stoke concerns among moderate voters, especially women, and motivate their base.

But when it comes to womenand the Democrats have been pushing the War on Women argument for some timeabortion remains a divisive issue. More states have been adopting restrictions on the procedure. A Gallup poll found that 47 percent of those surveyed call themselves pro-choice and 46 percent pro-lifea far cry from 1996, when 56 percent said they were pro-choice and 33 percent pro-life.

On issues like gun control, drugs, the environment, race and even national security, this demographic shift has substantially weakened the rights ability to portray Democrats as out of the social mainstream, the Times says.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday told a crowd at Central State University that people across the country are concerned about the August shooting death of a Fairfield man by police at Walmart, and called on the Ohio attorney general to release the video of the shooting.

Sharpton said authorities should release the video because they have already suggested that John Crawford III was pointing an air rifle at someone in the Beavercreek store, which he says has poisoned the minds of the public, some of whom will be on the grand jury that hears the case.

So the fair thing to do is put the tape out so when the grand jury meets, they walk in knowing at least what was and what wasnt on the tape, said Sharpton, a MSNBC host and civil rights activist. I come to Central State tonight to say to the attorney general, lets go to the tape.

Attorney General Mike DeWine has repeatedly said he will not release the tape before a trial.

I think that it is playing with dynamite, frankly, to release that tape at this point, DeWine said last month. And I think the dynamite simply is that it blows up and you cant get a fair trial. Thats what we worry about.

Speaking to about 850 students, faculty and community members, Sharpton said he was alarmed by the beating and killing of multiple black people at the hands of police nationwide within a period of weeks, including 22-year-old Crawford.

He said he does not know whether police acted appropriately or not in each of the cases.

But he said it is worrisome that police unions deny wrongdoing in every single case where police kill and injure people.

He called the Crawford case a public concern, but noted the grand jury hearing is private. He said showing the tape will end speculation and arguments about what led to Crawfords death on Aug. 5.

Sharpton also spoke about the importance of not letting anger and hardship paralyze people and feel they cannot make a difference.

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Rev. Al Sharpton asks Ohio AG to release tape in Walmart shooting

The Rev. Al Sharpton said today that the black community cannot be vigilant in Ferguson, Mo., after an officer-involved shooting killed a black teen, but calm in the aftermath of the officer-involved shooting at a Beavercreek Walmart that killed a 22-year-old Fairfield man.

Sharptons remarks about the death of John Crawford III came at the tail end of his 20-minute address to the Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce this afternoon on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. It was the first of two public speaking engagements the civil rights leader has today in southwest Ohio. Sharpton will be speaking at an open community forum at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Paul Robeson Cultural & Performing Arts Center at Central State University.

Sharpton gave just a passing mention to the Beavercreek Walmart shooting during his Cincinnati speech, though he might say more during his evening address at Central State. A spokeswoman for his organization, the National Action Network, said Sharpton has been following the case closely and will address it.

Sharpton told the 400 men and women in the Great Hall at UCs Tangeman University Center that youth in the black community have forgotten their foundation.

Using the metaphor of a memory card within a cellphone if it was wiped clean, people today would be lost Sharpton said the black community has collectively lost its way, lost its memory. And dealing without a foundation of ones past, Sharpton said, You have been disconnected from the memory of what you were.

The way they have maneuvered and manipulated us in a condition of powerlessness is they have erased our memory and they have fooled the young generation that the enemy is the old school, said Sharpton, the host of PoliticsNation on MSNBC and the nationally syndicated radio show Keepin it Real.

Sharpton called for those in attendance at the luncheon at the African American Chambers 14th Annual Business to Business Exchange to make noise as we do not organize in our communities.

At the end of the day, who cares if we have more people with titles if we have no increase of the level of living in our communities, he said. Your title must have a function or your title means nothing to no one.

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UPDATE @ 9:10 p.m.: In remarks that lasted about 30 minutes, the Rev. Al Sharpton received a standing ovation. In his remarks, he also focused comments about the black community and the importance of voting rights.

An aunt of John Crawford, who has been the family spokeswoman since the fatal shooting in the Beavercreek Walmart, said the family, which was in attendance, had no comment.

UPDATE @ 8:45 p.m.: The Rev. Al Sharpton told the crowd that people across the country are very concerned about the [John] Crawford case, and he called on the Ohio Attorney General to release the video tape of the Walmart shooting.

"I come to Central State tonight to say to the attorney general let's go to the tape! ....If you won't go to the tape, and you have the tape, we can only assume what we want."

Sharpton said in recent weeks there have been multiple cases of police killing and beating people, and he finds it hard to believe that police were guilty of wrongdoing in every case.

Sharpton took the stage at 8:30 p.m.

UPDATE @ 7 p.m.: A crowd estimated at 150 to 200 people are awaiting the arrival of the Rev. Al Sharpton, who is said to be running late.

He is expected to arrive on campus at about 8 p.m.

FIRST REPORT: The Rev. Al Sharpton is scheduled to speak tonight at Central State University.

The open community forum starts at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Paul Robeson Cultural & Performing Arts Center, the historically black university announced.

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