President Barack Obama Addresses Support Of Gay Marriage On The View
May 15 2012, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
In his first TV appearance since becoming the first sitting U.S. president to declare his support for gay marriage, President Barack Obama appeared on The View Tuesday.
In the pre-taped interview, Obama was asked about his stand versus GOP challenger Mitt Romney. "This is going to be a big contrast in the campaign because you’ve got Governor Romney saying we should actually have a constitutional amendment installing the notion that you can’t have same-sex marriages,” he said, in a preview released by ABC network.
Obama told The View’s co-host Barbara Walters that he did not think the Defense of Marriage Act was constitutional, adding, “This is something that historically had been determined at the state level and part of my believing ultimately that civil unions weren’t sufficient, and I’ve been a longtime supporter of civil unions for same sex couples, was partly because of the issue of social security benefits and other laws."