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NAACP 'evolves' on gay marriage, endorses 'marriage equality unequivocally'

Maxim Thorne, a senior vice president at the NAACP, announced news that’s flying around Twitter: the NAACP has taken an organizational stance on same-sex marriage.

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https://twitter.com/#!/mikiebarb/statuses/203936313374801920

https://twitter.com/#!/JasonFebery/status/203939272410140672

Gay marriage supporters are giddy with excitement:

https://twitter.com/#!/Toure/status/203936522683154432

https://twitter.com/#!/MiaFarrow/status/203937706143784960

https://twitter.com/#!/CoryBooker/status/203939406321696768

Of course, not all are keepin’ it classy:

https://twitter.com/#!/CarissaWho/status/203941634109472769

Flashback to last week:

https://twitter.com/#!/JoeMyGod/status/201448037443317760

That’s quite a shift. Wish we could think of something that might have spurred this change. Hmm.

https://twitter.com/#!/sunnyright/status/203926230339297280

UPDATE:

Twitchy reader @ComfyPaws notes that the NAACP urged California legislators to repeal Prop. 8 in 2009:

https://twitter.com/#!/ComfyPaws/status/203947998592516096