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Contents:
- OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE NTROVERSY: 'I AM JT NOT VERY GOOD AT BULLSHTG'
- THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- AXELROD: OBAMA MISLED NATN WHEN HE OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE IN 2008
- OBAMA'S EVOLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
- OBAMA SAYS HE DIDN'T MISLEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE
- OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE POSN CALLED A DISGRACE
OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE NTROVERSY: 'I AM JT NOT VERY GOOD AT BULLSHTG'
Over nearly two s polics, Print Obama has staked out changg posns on gay rights. Here are the biggt ton. * was obama against gay marriage *
ABC broke to s daytime lp May 9, 2012, to announce a historic shift: the print of the Uned Stat clarg his personal support for gay marriage.
While the print has nsistently supported civil rights for gay upl — pepperg his ments wh specifics such as hospal visatn, transfer of property and Social Secury benefs — his discsn of marriage has differed. I am not favor of gay marriage. In 1996, as he ran for Illois state Senate, Chigo’s Outl gay newspaper asked ndidat to fill out a qutnnaire.
THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
Gay marriage? I am not a supporter of gay marriage as has been thrown about, primarily jt as a strategic issue.
AXELROD: OBAMA MISLED NATN WHEN HE OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE IN 2008
"(But) is my obligatn not only as an elected official a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to rema open to the possibily that my unwillgns to support gay marriage is misguid, jt as I nnot claim fallibily my support of abortn rights.
Still, a 2007 Democratic primary bate sponsored by a gay rights group and a gay-oriented ble TV channel, he spoke stead about his support for civil unns wh "all the benefs that are available for a legally sanctned marriage" — but not for legal regnn of "marriage" between same-sex upl. He offered an explanatn that would prage his 2012 shift: "I thk that is an issue that I wrtle wh and thk about bee I have a whole host of iends who are gay partnerships.
OBAMA'S EVOLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
I've always been adamant that — gay and lbian — Amerins should be treated fairly and equally.
And I had hated on gay marriage — part, bee I thought civil unns would be sufficient. Obama, a nsistent supporter of civil rights for gay upl, neverthels said as early as 2004 and through 2008 that he didn’t support same-sex marriage. Fox News, "OBAMA FLIP FLOPS ON GAY MARRIAGE, " May 9, 2012.
OBAMA SAYS HE DIDN'T MISLEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE
POLITICO, "Evolve: Obama gay marriage quot, " May 9, 2012. CNN Transcripts, "Anrson Cooper 360: Polics of Gay Marriage; Same-Sex Marriage Flip-Flop?
MTV, "Barack Obama Answers Your Qutns About Gay Marriage, Payg For College, More, " Nov.
OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE POSN CALLED A DISGRACE
POLITICO's Unr the Radar blog, "Obama says he's evolvg on gay marriage, " Oct.
“Opposn to gay marriage was particularly strong the black church, and as he ran for higher office, he gdggly accepted the unsel of more pragmatic folks like me, and modified his posn to support civil unns rather than marriage, which he would term a ‘sacred unn’, ” Axelrod wr.