Equality 'What America Is Supposed to Be,' Says Obama
President Obama says his support for marriage equality is “a logical extension of what America is supposed to be.”
He made the statement at a star-studded fund-raising event at actor George Clooney’s home in Los Angeles Thursday night. According to an official White House transcript, he said, to applause, “Obviously yesterday we made some news,” then added, “but the truth is it was a logical extension of what America is supposed to be.”
He continued, “It grew directly out of this difference in visions: Are we a country that includes everybody and gives everybody a shot and treats everybody fairly, and is that going to make us stronger? Are we welcoming to immigrants? Are we welcoming to people who aren’t like us? Does that make us stronger? I believe it does.”
DreamWorks animation head Jeffrey Katzenberg, who helped organize the event, introduced the president by referring to the marriage equality statement, saying, “Yesterday he did the right thing yet again,” according to the pool of journalists attending the event.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2012/05/11/obama-says-marriage-equality-part-what-america-supposed-be
The last paragraph in the article says it all, thats all I ever wanted.
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as other thans has no place in this society
