Julian Bond: “I agree that reforming the current system can lead to improvement of service to our military members and their families…”

When the president says he's for something, it doesn't mean it is going to happen. It just means we now know what he feels and how he thinks about it.

Of course, it is exactly the same. It's a right that all Americans have and no reason why gay and lesbian people ought not to have these rights too. These are universal rights.

Any time a group of people are denied rights and struggle for their rights, that's a civil rights movement.

I know the tide is changing. I can see from poll results where the support for same-sex marriage used to be minimal. It grew. It grew and grew.