Did a pre-candidate Obama support gay marriage?
The Windy City Times has dug up some interesting information which it has forwarded to Towleroad.com. The story is due to be published tomorrow but here is an appetizer:
"During his run for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama stated his unequivocal support for gay marriage, according to an exclusive story in the Jan. 14, 2009 Windy City Times newspaper. President-elect Obama's answer to a 1996 Outlines newspaper question on marriage was: 'I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.' There was no use of the phrase 'civil unions'. [Outlines purchased Windy City Times in 2000 and merged companies.] This answer is among those included in this week's Windy City Times feature on Obama's evolving position on gay marriage. Windy City Times also includes his answers to the candidate questionnaire of IMPACT, at one time a gay political action committee in Illinois. In that survey he also stated his support of same-sex marriage."
Obama now says, and said during his campaign for president, that he supports civil unions for gays and lesbians but believes marriage is between a man and a woman.
Hmmmm. How convenient.
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I have been saying this all along. You cannot get elected president by supporting gay marriage publicly. I have always believed he is a closeted hag and that he would support gay rights once he was in office.
Did I mention the above comment is supposed to be a positive one?