WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is disputing a longtime aide’s view that Obama feigned opposition to gay marriage out of concern it could hurt him with voters.
Former Obama strategist David Axelrod writes in a new book that Obama modified his public position to say he supported civil unions but not gay marriage. Axelrod says that was because his political advisers told him supporting gay marriages could hurt him politically.
But Obama told BuzzFeed News in an interview posted late Tuesday night that Axelrod is “mixing up my personal feelings with my position on the issue.” He added that it isn’t accurate to say he always favored gay marriage.
Obama indicated his support in a 1996 questionnaire before backtracking years later. Then he came out in favor of gay marriage in 2012.
Obama disputes aide David Axelrod's take on gay marriage
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