President Obama supports civil unions, but also supports full marriage rights, including use of the word "marriage," for same-sex couples.
Barack Obama publicly opposed California's Proposition 8, but it wasn't until May 9, 2012 that he announced unequivocal support for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Prior to that he supported civil unions.
If you mean labor unions, yes, they are among his biggest supporters.
The plumbers' union endorces Barack Obama for President.
Unions represent a group of people and they want to ensure that who ever is elected to a position of power will protect their groups interests.
WHICH government and WHEN are you asking about.
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In 2008, Barack Obama was in favor of equal rights for gay people, but when it came to marriage, he still only supported civil unions. As he has noted in interviews, his position gradually changed: over the next several years, encouraged by some of his supporters as well as by his daughters and wife, he "evolved" (as he put it) to a position of agreement that gay people deserved full equality, including the right to marry.
Barack Obama opposed California's Proposition 8, but it wasn't until May 9, 2012 that he publicly announced support for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Prior to that, he supported civil unions.
Henry Clay Frick was one of the top executives in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills. He took every opportunity to crush labor unions.
Ms. Murray, a Republican, supports the civil unions bill.
Ms. Stephens, the Republican House majority leader, opposes civil unions.
His official position is that he supports the rights of states to legalize civil unions.