Now that the primary is over, oops, I mean the general election, it appears that the press is going to vet the President-elect. Depending on your viewpoint, this little story is merely evidence that like a lot of pols, Obama wisely moved to the center when he left his liberal state. Or -- as so many die hard Obots keep insisting, he really is a secret liberal! I remain deeply skeptical, but nothing would make me happier than a Secretly Liberal President moving into the White House.
Politico has a copy of the full document complete with the signature of pro gay marriage Barack Obama:
A document has emerged suggesting that Obama had taken more public, liberal stands in the past than had been revealed in the digging of reporters and opposition researchers over two years of campaigning, the latest of several pointing to a rightward shift as he moved into national politics.
In a 1996 questionnaire filled out for a Chicago gay and lesbian newspaper, then called Outlines, Obama came out clearly in favor of same-sex marriage, which he has opposed on the public record throughout his short career in national politics.
“I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages,” Obama wrote in the typed, signed, statement.
There was no use of “civil unions,” and "no compromise whatsoever," the Windy City Times story today notes. On another questionnaire the same year, Obama said he would support a resolution in support of same-sex marriage.
Windy City Times: Obama changed views on gay marriage
Windy City Times Exclusive: WCT Examines His Step Back
Towleroad: Chicago Paper Reveals Obama's Early Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Think Progress: Obama backed marriage equality in 1996.»
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