june 2008, then senator obama was asked point blank by abc s jake pappeer does it both you are or bother you what california is doing and florally, he said no. mr. obama s views on gay rights has developed over the years. i m a a christian, he said, in a radio interview in 2004 when he was running for the u.s. senate and so although i try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue i do believe that tradition and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and woman, yet two years later as he was gearing up for his presidential run, he wrote in the audacity of hope, no matter how much christian who oppose homosexuality may claim they hate the sin but love the sinner, such a judgment inflicts pain. we should note, his role in the repeal this year of the