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	<title><![CDATA[Obama's Gay Marriage Flip Flop: He Was For It Before He Was Against It]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-rotello/obamas-gay-marriage-flip_b_158009.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Ah ha, I knew it! Barack Obama supports same-sex marriage after all. (Or at least he did before he set his sights on national office.) </p>

<p>That's the eye popping news this week from a gay newspaper in Chicago. </p>

<p>The <a href="http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20230">Windy City Times</a> dug through its archives and discovered two candidate surveys conducted in 1996, when Obama was running for the Illinois state senate. </p>

<p>In the first, Obama responded to a question by writing "I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-14T18:39:00-05:00</date_published>
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