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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
Fri May 11, 2012, 08:25 PM May 2012

Poll: Did you think you'd hear any President come out in favor of marriage equality in your life?


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6 (86%)
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1 (14%)
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0 (0%)
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Poll: Did you think you'd hear any President come out in favor of marriage equality in your life? (Original Post) NNN0LHI May 2012 OP
Yes. temporary311 May 2012 #1
Yes, Obama SoutherDem May 2012 #2
Same here - TBF May 2012 #6
Of course. DevonRex May 2012 #3
No SteveG May 2012 #4
Bill Clinton. Except he did a 180. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #5
I thought after the election Prism May 2012 #7
Yup I thought after the election too. dkf May 2012 #8
Yes, but I thought it would be after this election... cynatnite May 2012 #9
No treestar May 2012 #10

temporary311

(955 posts)
1. Yes.
Fri May 11, 2012, 08:29 PM
May 2012

Just wasn't sure if Obama would or not, seemed to be doing a little too much hedging with that whole 'evolving' thing.

TBF

(32,056 posts)
6. Same here -
Fri May 11, 2012, 08:59 PM
May 2012

or that it would be a future dem president. I'm middle aged and *knock on wood* hoping to see many more presidents and I'm convinced this is not an issue for most folks under 30. Well except for fundamentalist spawn of course ...

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
3. Of course.
Fri May 11, 2012, 08:45 PM
May 2012

As soon as he declared Sec. 3 of DOMA to be unconstitutional, I knew Obama would do it. But I was also wrong because not 2 months ago I declared he wouldn't do it before the election. It was right about the time that an LGBT blogger came out with a story saying he was hearing rumblings about an announcement coming soon.

Anyway, I was kind of mad about it because I was sure it wouldn't happen and that people would be disappointed and hurt all over again. So my apologies to that blogger, whoever it was. He was right and I was wrong.

SteveG

(3,109 posts)
4. No
Fri May 11, 2012, 08:50 PM
May 2012

I am pleasantly surprised, and glad he did. I'm in my 60's and didn't think it would happen for another 20 years or so, now I could make my mid 80's, but am not counting on it.

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