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Warren tells gay newspaper that Obama should “evolve” and support gay marriage

Democratic US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren told a newspaper serving Washington’s gay community this week that President Obama should “evolve” and support gay marriage. “I want to see the president evolve because I believe that is right. Marriage equality is morally right,” Warren told the Washington Blade in an article published Wednesday.

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If Obama changes his position, won't that make him a flip-flopper, just like his presumptive opponent, Romney? And why does Obama get a pass from the left on the gay marriage issue, while everyone else who oppose gay marriage is excoriated?

U.S. Senator wannabe Lizzie Warren is trying to turn the issue of gay marriage into a Darwinian matter. That seems a bit unscientific unless one sees lawyers as scientists.. And what was it Shakespeare said about lawyers?

No, most likely it is a reference to past statements from the Obama administration which described his position on gay marriage as evolving.

Why do you think he gets a pass from the left? He's their man in the White House, that's why.