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| Subject: Obama's support for gay marriage splits US Thu May 10, 2012 6:41 pm | |
| Barack Obama has been praised and criticised a day after he became the first sitting US president to publicly support gay marriage.
Social conservatives and religious leaders condemned his remarks.
The Obama campaign meanwhile attacked Republican Mitt Romney, who restated his opposition to same-sex marriage, as out of touch on the issue.
Late on Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted to reinforce the federal law against gay marriage.
Gay advocates applauded Mr Obama's remarks. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese said that the president's comments would "inspire thousands more conversations around kitchen tables and in church pews".
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