> publicly supporting criminalizing same sex marriage Same sex marriage simply wasn't a thing legally at the time, and was an issue the american public was dis

> publicly supporting criminalizing same sex marriage Same sex marriage simply wasn't a thing legally at the time, and was an issue the american public was discussing. It was not something in the process of being criminalized. The population of California voted not to allow it in the year we are talking about here, just to give you some perspective. Barack Obama opposed it politically.