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The problem with that is it is a total fallacy. Barack Obama does not support gay marriage. Bill Clinton wasn't the gay savior, either. You're delusional if you think any Dem president will take this on. If there's even a chance for Obama to do anything about it, it won't be until his second term.
My point was not that Obama is the gay saviour, but rather that - when you go down the line of all the issues, Obama is clearly leaning to the left. I believe that when you have a popular President - or really person in any leadership position that leans a certain way, if people like them enough, sometimes they begin to re-examine their own takes on the issues to see if it really is so bad.
Bzalthek is also correct that Obama does not directly support gay marriage, but he supports giving the same rights. And indeed it surrounds the word itself.
The thing is, he has a policy that at least leans in the direction of advancing their civil rights. He wants to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell. He wants to allow gays/lesbians the ability to adopt(Hrmmm, Arkansas measure anyone?!). He wants to include sexual orientation/identity on the list against discrimination for employment. He wants to pass the Matthew Shepard Act, which includes sexual orientation reasoning on the list for hate crimes.
And hell.. that combined with the innumerable problems our next President will face... it's pretty easy to see why someone would try to look at the bigger picture while at the same time supporting a cause that would go *backwards* with McCain as President. It's all but impossible to fight for gay rights if our country goes to shit.