A day after former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey suggested First Lady Michelle Obama supported gay marriage, Mrs. Obama has denied supporting it.
During a CNN In the Arena interview, host Eliot Spitzer asked McGreevey, who came out gay amid a sex scandal that ultimately forced him to resign as governor, if he was disappointed with President Barack Obama’s position on the issue.
“If he could only listen to Michelle more often,” McGreevey answered. “I think the president is moving. And, you know, for many elected officials they all started in the same place, you know, marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) On Tuesday, the First Lady’s office quickly denied the claim.
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