Obama: Axelrod Mixed Up on My Gay-Marriage Views
The president tries to clarify the course of his gay-marriage evolution.
.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a meeting of The President's Export Council in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 11, 2014
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his former adviser mischaracterized his views on gay marriage.
Speaking to BuzzFeed News, the president responded to a passage in David Axelrod's new memoir, which says that the president felt conflicted about same-sex marriage and that he privately supported the idea while outwardly advocating for civil unions before "evolving" on the issue to support marriage.