claim: says rick perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
author: martin frost
evidence_1: politifact wisconsin on tuesday, october 23rd, 2012. mostly false. a change in  emphasis. martin frost · says rick perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first  saying it was a state's rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal  constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. — politifact national on friday,  august ...
evidence_2: aug 7, 2011 ... first, at a republican governors meeting on july 22, he referred to the recent  decision by the new york legislature to legalize gay marriage as something ... " you can't believe in the 10th amendment for a few issues and then [for]  something that doesn't suit you say, 'we'd rather not have states decide that.'".
evidence_3: said supreme court had ruled on marriage equality, and he did not support a  constitutional amendment that would allow states to re-ban marriage equality. ....  bill o'reilly asked trump about his opposition to same-sex marriage, saying, “ they say, the gays, that this violates their rights, that they are american citizens  and ...
evidence_4: aug 16, 2011 ... asked about the issue days later by an influential social conservative, he gave a  different answer. "obviously gay marriage is not fine with me, my stance had not  changed," he said. "indeed to not pass the federal marriage amendment would  impinge on texas, and other states not to have marriage forced ...
evidence_5: in october 2014, president obama told an interviewer: "ultimately, i think the  equal protection clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states". he  praised the way the u.s. supreme court had addressed the issue: "there have  been times where the stars were aligned and the court, like a thunderbolt, issues  a ...