Thank You President Obama

I would like to thank President Barack Obama for publicly stating that he supports gay marriage today. President Obama becomes the first sitting president in American history to do so. This is a historic day on the heels of heartbreaking day for citizens of North Carolina.

"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, 4/9/12