Evolution complete! I am watching the ABC interview as we speak, and it’s official. Barack Obama has become the first US President in history to endorse full, federal marriage equality for gays and lesbians. AlterNet has more. I’ll update with video when it’s available.
UPDATE: John posted about this at the exact same time I did. That just means Truth Wins Out is doubly excited!
And here’s video:
wow. I don’t know if it was a smart political move…but, it was a brave move (as a republican co worker just said…he is not bigoted by the way…and does not agree with his parties bigoted platform) and I am happy to hear a President of the United States of America say it. :)
This…this is a big thing, and a big day1
I just heard this on Signorile’s show. I think this will help his reelection. He finally grew a pair!
[...] and GOProud went a little nuts over the last few hours, in the wake of the President’s announcement of support for marriage equality. “How do we simultaneously get angry about this without people pointing [...]
We must primary Obama! Primary Obama with an unelectable pony-promiser! Seriously, I would like to run in to some of that crew today.
Gene, it may be the smart move. He won last time with an energized, young base. This, and probably some other moves, could energize it. I wouldn’t call the sluggish economy a winner.
Wow. Good on Obama. It is this kind of leadership we should have had off him from the beginning – trying to end pipartisanship by reaching out to the Right has failed miserably, mainy due to the fact that most right-wingers are racist (even if they do not realise it themselves) a-holes who hate the president’s guts and will oppose him on ANYTHING he says!
f**k the Right. Lets just push forward with sensible, fair and progressive policies that do not curtail the rights of women, racial minorities, religious minoroties, sexual minorities etc.
[...] to have slept through the day yesterday, President Obama made civil rights history by coming out in support of full marriage equality. It was a watershed moment for our country and the LGBT [...]