Obama: Defenders of traditional marriage ‘would enshrine discrimination into our Constitution’

Taking aim at supporters of a federal marriage amendment, President Barack Obama told the gay-activist Human Rights Campaign on October 10 that defenders of traditional marriage “would enshrine discrimination into our Constitution.” While the president granted that defenders of traditional marriage might be “good and decent people,” he charged that they “hold fast to outworn arguments and old attitudes,” “fail to see your families like their families,” and “would deny you the rights most Americans take for granted.”

Comparing the goals of the gay community to African-Americans’ struggle for equality, the president added:


My expectation is that when you look back on these years, you will see a time in which we put a stop to discrimination against gays and lesbians-- whether in the office or on the battlefield. You will see a time in which we as a nation finally recognize relationships between two men or two women as just as real and admirable as relationships between a man and a woman. You will see a nation that's valuing and cherishing these families as we build a more perfect union-- a union in which gay Americans are an important part. I am committed to these goals. And my administration will continue fighting to achieve them.

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