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Barack Obama: “That's why we're going to keep on fighting until the law no longer treats committed partners who have been together for…”

On the recordJune 22, 2011
That's why we're going to keep on fighting until the law no longer treats committed partners who have been together for decades like they're strangers. That's why I have long believed that so-called Defense of Marriage Act ought to be repealed. It was wrong. It was unfair.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the need to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and fight for equal treatment of committed partners.

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