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White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod defends Obama's contradictory position that he supports equality for gays and lesbians but is against same-sex marriage.
Axelrod clarifies:
“He supports equality for gay and lesbian couples…in benefits and other issues and that has been effectuated in federal agencies under his control.”
The question remains — in a nation where “all men are created equal” is it right for its leader to espouse a position of only limited equality for some of its citizens? Because that's essentially the position Axelrod is defending.
Civil unions are not marriage.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP…
