NPR: Obama and gay marriage https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=174567921 Obama and gay marriage en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:01:45 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Obama and gay marriage https://www.npr.org/tags/174567921/obama-and-gay-marriage Gay Marriage, DOMA And The Dramatic Shift In Public Opinion In One Year Public opinion is clearly shifting on the issue of gay marriage; even one Republican senator has come out in favor of it. But it was a different story in 1996, when an overwhelming majority of congressional D's and R's supported the Defense of Marriage Act and a Democratic president signed it. Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:14:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2013/03/18/173970922/gay-marriage-doma-and-the-dramatic-shift-in-public-opinion-in-one-year https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2013/03/18/173970922/gay-marriage-doma-and-the-dramatic-shift-in-public-opinion-in-one-year

Public opinion is clearly shifting on the issue of gay marriage; even one Republican senator has come out in favor of it. But it was a different story in 1996, when an overwhelming majority of congressional D's and R's supported the Defense of Marriage Act and a Democratic president signed it.

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