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" John McCain and Barack Obama haven&amp;#039;t met for their first Presidential debate yet, but the candidates did face off (sort of) last weekend at Saddleback Church, when they sat down with Pastor Rick Warren for back-to-back interviews on some of the most controversial issues in the campaign, like abortion and gay marriage. On the gay marriage debate, both candidates defined marriage as the union between a man and a woman (in other words, not two men or two women). But Obama also said he doesn&amp;#039;t want to change the Constitution to outlaw gay marriage, and he does support same-sex civil unions, which provide rights and benefits similar to marriage. On the abortion question, the candidates were on totally different sides of the debate. Watch Obama and McCain discuss abortion below:      Obama: &amp;quot;I am pro-choice, I believe in Roe vs. Wade, and I come to that conclusion not because I&amp;#039;m pro-abortion, but because ultimately I don&amp;#039;t think women make these decisions casually. I think they wrestle with these things in profound ways... So for me, the goal right now should be ... how do we reduce the number of abortions? I am in favor of limits on late-term abortions \u2014 if there is an exception for the mother&amp;#039;s health.&amp;quot; McCain: &amp;quot;I have a 25-year pro-life record in the Congress, in the Senate, and as President of the United States, I will be a pro-life President and this presidency will have pro-life policies.&amp;quot; Want to find out more about the candidates&amp;#039; interviews with Pastor Warren? Click here to read the New York Times article. So, what do you think about Obama and McCain&amp;#039;s positions on abortion and gay marriage? Where do you stand in the debates? Tell us below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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