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2012: Will gay marriage matter?

How much will gay marriage matter? AP goes to Ohio to find out: “[S]ix months from an election that will decide whether the president keeps his job, a question hovers over the moment: Was it, somehow, a game-changer? In three very different regions of a state where the election could be won or lost, voters themselves have been considering that. And their reflections reveal something far more pragmatic than an electorate that shifts its views because of the headline of the day, no matter how historic. Allie is but one example, a voter as adamant in his opposition to same-sex marriage as he is in his support -- still -- of Obama. In his words: ‘The world is bigger than gay marriage.’”