President's Evolution

[LPH]

President Obama announced support for same-sex marriage during an interview on ABC news.

"I've always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally," Obama told Roberts, in an interview that will air in full on ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday.

"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," he said.

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[tuxreporter]

Politicians need to get out of the bedroom and concern themselves with more important matters, such as getting rid of lobbyists, getting the debt under control, reforming welfare so it isn't a lifetime of just sitting, and getting health care nationalized rather than privatized so that health is not a for-profit industry.