article_snippet.sent: Clinton embraced the federal recognition of same-sex marriage today, saying through a spokesperson Clinton believes it should be a 'constitutional right.'
article_snippet.sent: The former Obama administration official endorsed gay marriage in 2013 after Clinton left the State Department, saying Clinton 'was fully in support of gay marriage and that it is now continuing to proceed state-by-state.'
article_snippet.sent: Now a presidential candidate, Clinton today gave same-sex marriage Clinton complete backing ahead of the presentation later this month of oral arguments in several cases before the Supreme Court on the matter.
article_snippet.sent: Now a presidential candidate, Clinton today gave same-sex marriage her complete backing.
article_snippet.sent: Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right,' Clinton spokeswoman Adrienne Elrod told a leading gay news publication, The Washington Blade.
article_snippet.sent: Her shift in position puts Clinton's views in line with the Obama administration's Justice Department, which in January 'committed to ensuring that the benefits of marriage are available as broadly as possible.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Clinton endorsed gay marriage in 2013; said Clinton 'was fully in support of gay marriage and that it is now continuing to proceed state-by-state'
  In a terse interview with NPR last year in which Clinton declined to go into detail about Clinton views on the topic, Clinton repeated that position .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Clinton today said Clinton 'hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right'
  High court will hear arguments on April 28 in cases on the matter .
  