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President Obama Is ‘Still Working’ On Supporting Marriage Equality | Following up on his remarks at this weekend’s Human Rights Campaign dinner, President Obama told ABC News that he’s “still working” on his views on same-sex marriage and that he has been influenced by friends, family, and children of gay couples he knows who are thriving. Obama first told AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay that he was “evolving” on same-sex marriage in 2010. In 1996, however, while running for a seat in Congress, Obama indicated in a questionnaire that he supported full marriage equality.

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