Barack Obama, JD Biography
- Title:
- 44th President of the United States
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“[O]bviously, I don’t profess to be an expert. This is a layperson’s opinion. But I don’t think it’s a choice. I think that people are born with a certain makeup, and that we’re all children of God. We don’t make determinations about who we love, and that’s why I think that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is wrong.”
“A Conversation with President Obama,” www.MTV.com, Oct. 14, 2010, in response to a Tweeted question, “Do you think being gay or trans is a choice?”
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- 44th President of the United States, Jan. 20, 2009-Jan. 20, 2017
- Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize, 2009
- US Senator (D-IL), 2005-2008
- Recipient, Honorary JD, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2006
- Recipient, Chairman’s Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2005
- Named one of 100 most influential people in the world, TIME magazine, 2005
- Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, Knox College, 2005
- Recipient, Harold Blake Walker Award, Christopher House, 2005
- Democratic Senator, Illinois State Senate, 1996-2004
- Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1992-1996
- Former Editor, Harvard Law Review
- Education:
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- JD, Harvard University, 1991
- BA, Columbia University, 1983
- Other:
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- First black president of the United States
- First black president of the Harvard Law Review
- Born on Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI
- Twitter handle: @barackobama