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Polls: Most Americans call gay relationships “moral” and are not swayed by Obama’s same-sex marriage support

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(RNS) President Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage opened a torrent of speculation on what his newly enunciated position will mean politically, but the latest polls indicate the public largely backs his views and that his stance won’t hurt him at the ballot box. By David Gibson. About 250. 

Topics: Politics, Election
Tags: gallup poll, gay, gay marriage, president obama, same-sex marriage, same-sex relationships

David Gibson

David Gibson is an award-winning religion journalist, author and filmmaker. He writes for RNS and until recently covered the religion beat for AOL's Politics Daily. He blogs at Commonweal magazine, and has written two books on Catholic topics, the latest a biography of Pope Benedict XVI.
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