Barack Obama supported same-sex marriage in 1996?

[Natasha]

Barack Obama supported same-sex marriage in 1996?

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/barack_obama_supported_same-sex_marriage.php
Alex Blaze
October 9, 2008 5:00 PM

The fundies are going wild over this one. Apparently the archives of Outlines, a Chicago-based gay paper that merged with the Windy City Times in 2000, show that Obama supported same-sex marriage back in 1996. This is from their election guide:

13TH DISTRICT

Democrat: Barack Obama. Supports gay rights, same-sex marriage; increased AIDS funding, abortion rights, affirmative action. Endorsed by IFHR, IMPACT, IVI-IPO, Illinois and Chicago NOW, Personal PAC.

Republican: Rosette Caldwell Peyton

Harold Washington Party: David Whitehead