In 2012, Newsweek ran a magaze ver llg Barack Obama “Ameri’s First Gay Print.” The article gleefully ld Obama for his support and endorsement of gay marriage. Obama’s path to beg the LGBTQIA+ muny’s bt iend was all but evable. Perhaps was his missn om the o…
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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. * obama support for 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.
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.