# Obama was lying when he said he opposed gay marriage... anyone surprised?

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**Created:** [February 10, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-was-lying-when-he-said-he-opposed-gay-marriage-anyone-surprised/712306 "2015-02-10T17:31:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-was-lying-when-he-said-he-opposed-gay-marriage-anyone-surprised/712306/146 "2015-02-18T20:57:43Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> I said those were the reasons. Not that they had to make sense.

Except that if your reasons don’t make sense, then they have as little basis as someone saying, “Obama pushed for the ACA because he wanted to see a piece of legislation he knew would be nicknamed ‘Obamacare.’”

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