GOP Candidates Thread Needle On Gay Marriage

GOP Candidates Thread Needle On Gay Marriage
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at the Heritage Foundation April 15, 2015 in Washington, DC. Rubio took part in a discussion on 'The Case for the Lee-Rubio Tax Reform Plan.' (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 15: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at the Heritage Foundation April 15, 2015 in Washington, DC. Rubio took part in a discussion on 'The Case for the Lee-Rubio Tax Reform Plan.' (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

With gay marriage becoming one of the biggest political stories this campaign cycle, Republican candidates now find themselves on difficult terrain, much as leading Democrats did years ago: neither ready to embrace same-sex marriage from a policy perspective, nor keen to actively oppose it.

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