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Herman Cain signaled Saturday that he would be in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, a shift from earlier in the campaign when he said that he would not seek a nationwide ban.

Cain was asked by the Christian Broadcasting Network if he favored a constitutional amendment following his appearance at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event.

“I think marriage should be protected at the federal level also," Cain said. "I used to believe that it could be just handled by the states but there’s a movement going on to basically take the teeth out of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and that could cause an unraveling, so we do need some protection at the federal level because of that and so yes I would support legislation that would say that it’s between a man and a woman."

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