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The Washington Blade reports that Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry has come out -- in support of same-sex marriage, that is. The mayor-for-life made his stance known for the first time last week at a meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's most powerful LGBT political group. During the meeting, Barry responded to a question about same-sex marriage saying, "I don’t think you should make that question a litmus test. But if a bill like that were to come up, I would vote for it." Barry received the club's endorsement for the September 9 primary.

Marc Fisher reports that Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama in next week's Democratic presidential primary. The controversial "mayor for life" had been a longtime supporter of President Bill Clinton, but told Fisher that he has concluded that Sen. Hillary Clinton represents older and less flexible forces in the Democratic party.