Alice B. Toklas

July 1, 2008 - 1:06pm

Obama stakes out position on California gay marriage ballot initiative

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama: Getty Images PhotoU.S. Sen. Barack Obama: Getty Images PhotoReversing a previous position where he said the issue of gay marriage should be left up to the individual states, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said over the weekend that he would oppose the California ballot proposition seeking a ban against same-sex nuptials.

In a letter read before the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club's Pride Breakfast in San Francisco on Sunday, Obama said he would oppose Prop. 8, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act that would amend the California Constitution to define marriage as being only between a man and a woman.

 

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