Not going to say a lot here....just posting part of an article and the link the very same....

"The question of same-sex marriage has been especially vexing to Obama, who needs to hang on to his progressive Democratic base, which sees same-sex marriage as a human rights issue, while not offending moderate blue-collar Democrats and independents, who might not be comfortable seeing two men or two women holding hands and saying, "I do." "

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MNT012GOPI.DTL