Candidates Mum On Gay Marriage Debate
by Tovia Smith
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All Things Considered, August 4, 2008 ยท For all of the countless times the presidential candidates have laid out their positions on the war, the economy and health care, there is one issue that they haven't talked about much: gay marriage.
For both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, it is risky territory, where they have as much to lose as they have to gain.