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Barack Obama: It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think that same-sex marriage couples should be able to get married.

On the recordDecember 29, 2013
It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think that same-sex marriage couples should be able to get married.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama expresses his support for same-sex marriage during an interview.

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