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Obama opposes gay marriage
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Friday, September 24, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama said Friday that his Christian beliefs dictate that marriage should be between a man and a woman, although he supports civil unions that give legal rights to gay and lesbian couples.
Republican candidate Alan Keyes accused Obama of trying to have it both ways on the issue.
"I think what we are seeing on this issue is deceit," said Keyes, who has made his opposition to gay marriage a cornerstone of his campaign. "He is deceiving the voters."
Throughout the campaign, Obama has said that he opposes gay marriage but is in favor of civil unions.
During a taping of WBBM-AM's "At Issue," he was asked his personal views on gay marriage.
"I'm a Christian, and so although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman," Obama said. |
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