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Education secretary voices support for gay marriage

By Callum Borchers

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 07, 2012

A day after Vice President Joe Biden offered a nuanced take on gay marriage, Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Monday left nothing to interpretation. Asked during an appearance on MSNBC whether he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry in the US, Duncan gave a straight answer: “Yes I do.” Some political observers took the vice president’s words Sunday as an endorsement of gay marriage, but White House and campaign officials quickly refuted that analysis.

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