Obama Supports Marriage Equality

On May 9th, President Barack Obama interviewed with ABC news in support of marriage equality for the LGBT community.

Pretty awesome right? He came out to say this after VP Joe Biden supported marriage equality on Meet the Press.

In the fight for marriage equality, religion is being put before the rights of people. Obama said about the discussions he had with his wife "...in the end the values that I care most deeply about and she cares most deeply about is how we treat other people." I'm not sure that I can word it any better - the LGBT community isn't asking to be treated differently, they are asking for equality. Personally, I prefer to use the term "Marriage Equality" rather than "Same-Sex Marriage" because it's exactly what we're trying to achieve, equality.

Where does your country stand on marriage equality?

In the U.S., same-sex marriage has been passed in nine states. Thirty-one states have banned same-sex marriage through law or constitutional amendment. Just this week, North Carolina passed a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage.

In Canada, same-sex marriage has been legalized since 2005, and was legally recognized as early as 2003 in Ontario. It is also legally recognized in Argentina, Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands (who were the first in 2001), Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden... but that means there are still over 185 countries left to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

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A little humour to end it off....  

A quote from Rush Limbaugh (with a little commentary) and Comedian Louis CK's view on gay marriage:

Stay Beautiful,

Lisa