Views shift little after Obama backs gay marriage

BY PHILIP ELLIOTT AND DENNIS JUNIUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage did little to shift the nation's views on the subject, with a new poll finding that the public remains evenly split on the issue.

Even so, an Associated Press-GfK survey released Friday found that the president fired up his core supporters - at least for now - with his support of gay marriage. More young people, liberals and Democrats say they strongly approve of Obama's handling of same-sex marriage than said they did before he disclosed his new position last month.

The poll found that 42 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage, 40 percent support it and 15 percent are neutral. Last August, the country was similarly divided over whether same-sex couples should be allowed to be legally married in their state, with 45 percent opposing, 42 percent favoring and 10 percent neutral.

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Comments

[Carl]

I am one big fagula, and he just pissed me off! He just wants my vote and will say anything to get it.

A lifelong Democrat, I want a man, not a little boy, in the White House who tells me not what I want to hear, but what he actually believes, then I can deal with it.

Obama is a hypocrite. I will never vote for him again. Nothing will change next term. He is a pandering fool and we are his stupid audience.

Gays need to grow up. America hates us. Grow some basketballs and assert your rights.