{{Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.}}<\/p>\n
Clinton made the announcement in an online video released Monday morning by the gay rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. <\/p>\n
She says in the six-minute video that gays and lesbians are “full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship.”<\/p>\n
“That includes marriage,” she says, adding that she backs gay marriage both “personally and as a matter of policy and law.”<\/p>\n
Clinton’s announcement is certain to further fuel the already rampant speculation that she is considering another run for president in 2016. <\/p>\n
Other possible Democratic contenders \u2014 including Vice President Joe Biden, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley \u2014 all back the right of same-sex couples to marry.<\/p>\n
Polls show that public opinion on gay marriage has shifted perhaps more rapidly than on any other major issue in recent times. <\/p>\n
In Gallup polling last November, 53% of adult Americans said same-sex marriages should be granted the same status as traditional marriages, while 46 percent felt they should not be valid.<\/p>\n
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