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Barack Obama: Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2013
Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the need for equality for gay and lesbian Americans as part of civil rights.

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