Gay "marriage" and "civil unions" are two different things. The latter are arrangements that make it easier for unrelated people living together to dispose of assets, etc. Some states, for example, recognize "commmon law marriage," and some don't; probably any changes would be similar to the regularizing of common law (heterosexual) marriages.
The Constitutional amendment relates to gay "marriage."
He's not saying anything different than he has always said, but ABC was fishing for a soundbite, and unfortunately they got one.
I understand the difference between civil unions and gay marriage, but I'm strongly opposed to both. It's an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.
You think he was shooting for nuance? The way I see it, today he's got to straighten out the civil union, missing explosives and emergency funding firebombs. And here I thought we had maybe made it through the October surpise deadline.