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OBAMA NOW SAYS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE GUARANTEED BY THE US CONSTITUTION!!
"Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution does guarantee same-sex marriage in all 50 states," Obama said.
TWO YEARS AGO, HE SAID HE PERSONALLY SUPPORTS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT THAT EACH STATE SHOULD DECIDE FOR ITSELF.
As of today, his views have changed again - stating, in an interview with the New Yorker,that the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriages in all 50 states.
"Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution does guarantee same-sex marriage in all 50 states," Obama said. "But, as you know, courts have always been strategic. There have been times where the stars were aligned and the Court, like a thunderbolt, issues a ruling like Brown v. Board of Education, but that's pretty rare. And, given the direction of society, for the Court to have allowed the process to play out the way it has may make the shift less controversial and more lasting."
Obama said he thinks the biggest decision of the U.S. Supreme Court during his presidency was the its recent decision to pass the buck on same-sex marriage.
"In some ways, the decision that was just handed down to not do anything about what states are doing on same-sex marriage may end up being as consequential - from my perspective, a positive sense - as anything that's been done," the president said, referring to this month's Supreme Court decision to let stand lower court rulings in favor of same-sex marriage in five states.
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