Obama: Gay marriage 'should be legal'
By Maganga Media - May 10, 2012
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| Obama: Gay marriage 'should be legal' |
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he supports same-sex marriage, raising the political stakes on an issue over which Americans are evenly split.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- "I believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman," Mitt Romney says
- "No president could have done this 10 years ago," Barney Frank says
- The president says it is important for him to affirm support for same-sex marriage
- He previously said his approach had been "evolving"
Obama's comments come days after administration officials publicly support same-sex marriage [AFP]
US President Barack Obama has said he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to get legally married.
The remarks on Wednesday marked a shift in his position on the issue that is likely to please his political base and upset conservative rivals.
"It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married," Obama said in an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts.Obama's comments came days after Joe Biden, the US vice-president, and Arne Duncan, the education secretary, both made statements to the press in support of same-sex marriages.
| Voters in North Carolina ban same-sex marriage |
Biden said on Sunday he was "absolutely comfortable" with allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Obama says he has concluded that it is important for him to affirm that he thinks same-sex couples should be able to get married.
"But it's also the Golden Rule, you know -- treat others the way you would want to be treated" he said.
He says he came to the conclusion over the course of several years of talking to family and friends.
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