A Windy City Times article gives us a glimpse into Barack Obama's de-evolution regarding equal treatment under the law.
In 1996 Obama was unequivocally in support of equal treatment under the law for GLBT citizens. “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.” (see full-size version of document to left)
In 2004 he opposed gay marriage with the qualifier that his position was a matter of strategy rather than principle.
In 2008 he opposed gay marriage on the basis of religion.
There is a second article in the Windy City Times attempting to put "context" on all of this, but I am not convinced.
With Salon.com’s Closure, A Look Back at Our Start
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Twenty-four years ago, I launched Ex-Gay Watch, then using blogs.salon.com
as host, with two posts that, in retrospect, make an interesting pair. And
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