President Obama now says the Constitution protects same-sex marriage

President Barack Obama, who didn't support same-sex marriage until May 2012, now says the Constitution guarantees the right to marry to gay and lesbian couples.

In an article in the October 27 issue the New Yorker, Obama shared with Jeffrey Toobin his thoughts on why the Supreme Court hasn't decided the issue yet :

Obama opposed marriage equality until May of 2012. He told me that he now believes the Constitution requires all states to allow same-sex marriage, an argument that his Administration has not yet made before the Supreme...