Julian Bond: “I know the tide is changing. I can see from poll results where the support for same-sex marriage used to be minimal. 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.

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.

John Lewis has said it better than anyone could have said it.

Just as we did not allow segregation to be decided state by state.