It was just last year that he said it, and it still makes me, grin ear-to-ear, at the idea that the first ever sitting President has publicly declared that I deserve equality.
originally posted May 9, 2012
“I have to tell you that over the
course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors,
when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed
monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids
together; when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who
are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that
‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves
in a marriage, at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it
is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should
be able to get married.”
President Barack Obama
and it remains true one year later. states and countries are making the move forward DESPITE the h8ers.
ReplyDeleteBob,
ReplyDeleteThis is when the dam broke. Obama deserves credit but Joe Biden is the one who gave him the final shove. Thank you Joe!
Ron
Retired in Delaware