Obama says marijuana ‘no more dangerous than alcohol’

[Drunken Irishman]

44. Bull. Find me a poll from May, 2012, that showed it at 60%.

Hell, the poll I showed you was from February - just a few months before his announcement - that had it at 46% support. I'm calling bullshit that it was able to jump TWENTY POINTS in less than five months.

In fact, here's a similar poll from Gallup done in the wake of Biden's announcement and right before Obama's:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/154529/half-americans-support-legal-gay-marriage.aspx

Still basically 50-50 - 48% support, 50% opposed.

Hell, that poll shows only 65% of Democrats at the time supported marriage equality. So, it wasn't even a huge consensus within the party until Obama came out with his support.

Even in July, 2012, a Pew Poll showed only 48% of the country supported it - with 44% in opposition:

http://www.pewforum.org/2012/07/31/2012-opinions-on-for-gay-marriage-unchanged-after-obamas-announcement/

So, it's dishonest to say it wasn't still a divisive issue back when he came out in support of it. It was a 50-50 proposition and most times, politicians stay away from those issues because you have little to gain and a lot to lose. America wasn't behind the idea in 2012 - as most polls didn't even show a majority of the country supporting it.