Washington: On the fence no longer, President Barack Obama declared his unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, a historic announcement that gave the polarising social issue a more prominent role in the 2012 race for the White House.
he announcement was the first by a sitting president, and Republican challenger Mitt Romney swiftly disagreed with it. 'I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman,' he said while campaigning in Oklahoma.

Gay rights advocates cheered Obama's declaration, which they had long urged him to make. Beyond the words, one man who married his gay partner in Washington, D.C., was stirred to send a $25 contribution to the president's campaign. 'Making a contribution is the best way to say thank you,' said Stuart Kopperman.

Obama revealed his decision after a series of events that made clear the political ground was shifting. He once opposed gay marriage but more recently had said his views were 'evolving.'

In an interview with ABC in which he blended the personal and the presidential, Obama said 'it wouldn't dawn' on his daughters, Sasha and Malia, that some of their friends' parents would be treated differently than others. He said he also thought of aides 'who are in incredibly committed monogamous same-sex relationships who are raising kids together.'


Obama added that he thought about 'those soldiers or airmen or Marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf, and yet feel constrained even though now that `don't ask, don't tell' is gone because they're not able to commit themselves in a marriage.'

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