Merkel completely discards a conservative principle that she had argued for in the recent past from one moment to the next? Color me surprised...
To be fair I'm surprised that she held out so long. Even a large majority of CDU voters support gay marriage according the polls. She probably just didn't want to piss the CSU off.
This is pretty much a non-issue though so holding out didn't require much of an effort. Now some guy asks her at a softball town hall debate about the topic and Merkel responds by saying "whatever, we'll just vote on it." She's the personification of post-democracy.
