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FIE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, Obama David Axelrod speaks in Boston. One of President Barack Obama's longtime advisers says Obama misled the public for years by claiming he opposed same sex marriage when he actually supported it Former Obama strategist Axelrod writes in a new book that Obama modified his public position to say he supported civil unions but not gay marriage. Axelrod says that's because his political advisers told him supporting gay marriages could hurt him politically. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
WASHINGTON | One of President Barack Obama’s longtime advisers says Obama misled the public for years by claiming he opposed same sex marriage when he actually supported it
FIE – In this May 31, 2012 file photo, Obama David Axelrod speaks in Boston. One of President Barack Obama’s longtime advisers says Obama misled the public for years by claiming he opposed same sex marriage when he actually supported it Former Obama strategist Axelrod writes in a new book that Obama modified his public position to say he supported civil unions but not gay marriage. Axelrod says that’s because his political advisers told him supporting gay marriages could hurt him politically. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) FIE – In this May 31, 2012 file photo, Obama David Axelrod speaks in Boston. One of President Barack Obama’s longtime advisers says Obama misled the public for years by claiming he opposed same sex marriage when he actually supported it Former Obama strategist Axelrod writes in a new book that Obama modified his public position to say he supported civil unions but not gay marriage. Axelrod says that’s because his political advisers told him supporting gay marriages could hurt him politically. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Former Obama strategist David Axelrod writes in a new book that Obama modified his public position to say he supported civil unions but not gay marriage. Axelrod says that was because his political advisers told him supporting gay marriages could hurt him politically.
Obama in 2010 said his position was evolving, and then announced he supported gay marriage in during the run-up to his re-election.
The revelation comes as the Supreme Court prepares to resolve the gay marriage issue nationwide in a few months.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest isn’t disputing Axelrod’s account but says Obama’s actions in support of gays and lesbians are clear.
