Was obama against gay and lesbian marriages

Obama was in favor of same-sex marriage before he was against it — and before he was for it again. In , as he ran for Illinois state Senate, Chicago’s Outlines gay newspaper asked. Obama remains opposed to same-sex marriage, even though he agrees with a district judge that California's ban against it is unconstitutional, a White House adviser said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Barack Obama, the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions on gay rights punctuate an evolution as on the subject of same-sex marriage — a personal journey that has taken him from opposition to ambivalence to enthusiastic support. Since taking office, Obama and his Administration have made historic strides to expand opportunities and advance equality and justice for all Americans, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Americans.

Obama will sit down with "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts today at the White House for a wide-ranging interview, his first since Vice Joe Biden publicly voiced his support for same-sex marriage and North Carolina voters imposed a new ban on all same-sex unions. In a historic move, on May 9, Barack Obama announced his support for full marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.

What we found was stark, but unsurprising. In his historic announcement, he stated:. And I think that's what we try to impart to our kids and that's what motivates me as and I figure the most consistent I can be in being true to those precepts, the better I'll be as a as a dad and a husband and, hopefully, the better I'll be as . This skewed perception of how marriage equality is perceived within faith communities, particularly minority people of faith, will almost certainly color the continuing conversation between now and the election in November.

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Although white spokespeople are shown as being split evenly in terms of support for marriage equality, African American and Latino spokespeople are presented as being highly unsupportive, when they are, in fact, more supportive than the white population. Media outlets spoke overwhelmingly to straight male Christian clergy. These voices came disproportionately from the Baptist tradition. It is worth noting that the Obamas are not Baptist, but that the African American community is closely associated with the denomination.

While all segments and articles spoke to African Americans and almost all spoke to white people, very few Latino voices were used, and other groups were absent entirely.