I know that’s true in the African-American community, for example.
I think that marriage, in the minds of a lot of voters, has a religious connotation. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about, primarily just as a strategic issue. “I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. “Undecided,” while running for re-election to state Senate in 1998, in response to an Outlines questionnaire asking, “Do you favor legalizing same-sex marriage?”ģ. “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages,” while running in 1996 for Illinois state Senate, in a written response to a questionnaire from Chicago’s Outlines gay newspaper.Ģ.
Here’s a look back at some of Obama’s quotes on gay marriage:ġ. President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his support for gay marriage, addressing the issue for the first time personally since Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriage and Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced his support of gay marriage on Monday.
