Obama Says Same-sex Marriage Should Be Legal

By MICHAEL BARBARO and BRIAN STELTER, NY Times: Politics
Wed, 05/09/2012 - 6:44am

Barack Obama

President Obama is likely to discuss his “evolving” views on the issue in an ABC interview on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

Senh: It's a tough election year issue. If you say you're for gay marriage, then you offend Christians - and most of the people in the U.S. are Christians.

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