Obama on Gay Marriage: America's Gone Through ‘Same Evolution I’ve Gone Through'
President Barack Obama said Friday that the country as a whole has gone through the same “evolution” he has in now supporting same-sex marriage.
“As everybody here knows, last year upon a long period of reflection, I concluded that we cannot discriminate against same-sex couples when it comes to marriage, that the basic principle that America is founded on, the idea that we’re all created equal, applies to everybody regardless of sexual orientation, as well as race or gender or religion or ethnicity,” Obama said. “I think that the same evolution that I’ve gone through is an evolution that the country as a whole has gone through, and I think it is a profoundly positive thing.”...