"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."
This is the first time a standing president has done so.
"His endorsement comes less than a week after Vice President Joe Biden embraced the issue during an appearance on Meet The Press and a day after North Carolina banned marriage equality and civil unions in its state constitution."
Watch the Video here:
http://urigsa.weebly.com/1/post/2012/05/obamas-endorsement-of-same-sex-marriage.html
http://www.glaad.org/news/president-obama-supports-marriage-equality
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/obama-comes-out-i-think-same-sex-couples-should-be-able-to-get-married/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76103.html
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/09/481147/obama-marriage-2
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/09/politics/obama-same-sex-marriage/index.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/09/152356770/president-obama-gay-marriage-should-be-legal
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/obama-likely-to-speak-about-same-sex-marriage-in-interview/
This is the first time a standing president has done so.
"His endorsement comes less than a week after Vice President Joe Biden embraced the issue during an appearance on Meet The Press and a day after North Carolina banned marriage equality and civil unions in its state constitution."
Watch the Video here:
http://urigsa.weebly.com/1/post/2012/05/obamas-endorsement-of-same-sex-marriage.html
http://www.glaad.org/news/president-obama-supports-marriage-equality
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/obama-comes-out-i-think-same-sex-couples-should-be-able-to-get-married/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76103.html
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/09/481147/obama-marriage-2
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/09/politics/obama-same-sex-marriage/index.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/09/152356770/president-obama-gay-marriage-should-be-legal
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/obama-likely-to-speak-about-same-sex-marriage-in-interview/