Obama Gay Marriage Views - Washgton Post

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'

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. Gay marriage?

I am not a supporter of gay marriage as has been thrown about, primarily jt as a strategic issue. "(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.

THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

AXELROD: OBAMA MISLED NATN WHEN HE OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE IN 2008

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'S EVOLUTN 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 SAYS HE DIDN'T MISLEAD ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

OBAMA'S GAY MARRIAGE POSN CALLED A DISGRACE

As a ndidate for the Illois state senate 1996, Obama said he favored same-sex marriage rponse to a qutnnaire om a Chigo-area gay and lbian newspaper.

"The print do oppose same-sex marriage, but he supports equaly for gay and lbian upl, and benefs and other issu, and that has been effectuated feral agenci unr his ntrol, " Whe Hoe adviser David Axelrod said today on MSNBC.

Ameriblog, the liberal blog wh a special emphasis on gay rights, has started a petn askg Mr.