Alright, maybe I missed something. Wasn't it in 1996 that Obama was quoted in a questionnaire filled out for a Chicago LGBT newspaper, saying, “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.” Obama now says that he opposes gay marriage, although he supports civil unions and has come out against a federal ban on gay marriage. Who is he trying to look good to? What has changed about the gays in 14 years? In 2008 he told pop Christianity pastor Rick Warren, "I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian ... it is also a sacred union. God's in the mix." Is God in the mix now? or is Pastor Warren in the mix? It seems like Obama's retorts depend on his listeners. I understand that in 2008 he was running for presidency and was striving to make a positive impression, but his self contradiction couldn't have been more blatant. It seems though that the only people who recognized this contradiction are the lgbt that it impacts. What do we do now? surely not vote for him.. oh wait yeah we did.