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Obama endorses same-sex marriage by way of another massive flip-flop

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Obama endorses same-sex marriage by way of another massive flip-flop


US President Barack Obama officially endorsed same-sex marriage on Tuesday. Also on the president’s agenda for the day was once again flip-flopping on a major issue during an election year.

Explaining his recent change of heart to ABC’s Robin Roberts in an interview taped Tuesday afternoon, President Obama says, “at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.” 

The commander-in-chief’s statement marks the first time that a US president has publically offered a stance favoring same-sex marriage while in office. It isn’t the first time Obama has explained his thoughts on the matter, though. In the past, however, the president took the opposing side..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-same-sex-marriage-president-861/

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