Finally!

Via Joe Sudbay at AmericaBlog Gay, a report from Kerry Eleveld at The Advocate:

In response to an inquiry from The Advocate, the White House sent the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s position on same-sex relationship recognition voter referenda in Maine and Washington.

“The President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same-sex couples, and as he said at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, he believes ‘strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away.’ Also at the dinner, he said he supports, ‘ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country.’"

I've seen a couple of commentators express the hope that this will stop the use of Obama's statements about "marriage is between a man and a woman" by the anti-gay contingents fighting against recognition of same-sex relationships. Don't count on it -- lying comes as naturally to these people as ignoring reality does.