Obama Endorses Same Sex Marriages

In the 2008 election, President Obama was for same-sex civil unions, but against gay marriage.  But he changed his stance in an interview yesterday.  He said, quote, "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married."  Obama's announcement came one day after North Carolina voted overwhelmingly for a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.  But that's not the real reason Obama did the interview. He was pretty much forced to make the announcement because Joe Biden said he supported gay marriage in an interview on Sunday.  So reporters started asking whether that was official policy.

Biden said he was, quote, "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex marriage.  And a lot of people think Obama would've delayed his own announcement until after the election if that hadn't happened.

In the latest "Wall Street Journal" poll, 49% of Americans said they support gay marriage, which is up from 41% in 2009.  For people ages 18 to 34, 57% support gay marriage.

There are currently 31 states that have voted for constitutional amendments defining marriage as between a man and a woman.  There are six, plus Washington D.C., that issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Mitt Romney says he's still opposed to gay marriage, and he's opposed civil unions in the past.  He's also said that he'd back a U.S. constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

Yesterday, he said he believes STATES should make individual decisions about civil unions and same-sex partner benefits. And actually, Obama supports letting states decide the issue on their own too.  So, nothing's really changed?

What is your opinion on same sex marriage?