CLEVELAND, July 16 (UPI) -- Democratic president hopeful, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has reversed his opinion and now favors same-sex marriages.
As a candidate for Congress in 1996, he said he opposed a change in law to allow same-sex marriages, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
But Tuesday, at a forum for presidential contenders sponsored by a gay-rights group, Kucinich said "there should be a federal law that would allow gay couples to be married," rather than leaving the matter to the states.
Patrick Shepherd, president of Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, said it was not unusual for a politician's views to evolve over a period as long as six years.
"From a congressional-record point of view, Dennis Kucinich has been a superstar on our issues," said Shepherd.
Kucinich has been piling up celebrity support. Singer Bonnie Raitt, movie star Edward Norton, and controversial television host Jerry Springer all gave Kucinich the $2,000 maximum donation allowed by law.
