“On the question of marriage, President Obama began by clarifying that he wasn’t going to “make big news” at that particular moment. But his answer gave the first indication that he might be rethinking what has so far been his unremitting support for civil unions ever since adopting that stance during his 2006 U.S. Senate bid.
“I have been to this point unwilling to sign on to same-sex marriage primarily because of my understandings of the traditional definitions of marriage,” he said. “But I also think you’re right that attitudes evolve, including mine. And I think that it is an issue that I wrestle with and think about because I have a whole host of friends who are in gay partnerships. I have staff members who are in committed, monogamous relationships, who are raising children, who are wonderful parents. And I care about them deeply. And so while I’m not prepared to reverse myself here, sitting in the Roosevelt Room at 3:30 in the afternoon, I think it’s fair to say that it’s something that I think a lot about. That’s probably the best you’ll do out of me today.”
So sorry, fags, no change in actual policy or status for queers from the Man with a Message.

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This is an issue that I wrestle with and think about because I have a whole host of friends who are in straigh partnerships. I have friends and co-workers who are in committed, monogamous relationships, who are raising children, who are wonderful parents. And I care about them deeply. But I still don't think they deserve more rights than those, like myself, in same-sex partnerships.
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