WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney repeated Tuesday that while President Barack Obama is personally supportive of civil gay marriages, he doesn’t believe it should be a federal issue.
A day after the president uttered his strongest words yet on the rights of gay Americans to marry, the White House is trying to tamp down any expectations that he will push for more action to make his vision a reality.
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“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” Obama said in his second inaugural address from the West Front of the Capitol building.
But Carney referred back to Obama’s comments on gay marriage from May 2012 when he “evolved” on the issue and expressed his personal support for gay marriages after opposing them for years in public life.
