outfront tonight, a bombshell from the president. he has made it clear, finally, that he supports gay marriage. now, the announcement comes after days of mounting pressure to explain his quote/unquote evolving position, his words, on the controversial issue. here s how he put it to abc news robin roberts. i have just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. the human rights campaign immediately released a statement saying obama s presidency has shown that our nation can move beyond its shameful history of discrimination and injustice. and celebrities and politicians took to twitter to celebrate. ellen degeneres tweeting thank you, president barack obama, for your beautiful and brave words. i m overwhelmed. new york mayor michael bloomberg wrote president barack obama s announcement is a major turning point in the history of civil rights. there were even tweets from former
outfront tonight, a bombshell from the president. he has made it clear, finally, that he supports gay marriage. now, the announcement comes after days of mounting pressure to explain his, quote unquote, evolving position, his words, on the controversial issue. here s how he put it to abc news robin roberts. i have just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. the human rights campaign immediately released a statement saying obama s presidency has shown that our nation can move beyond its shameful history of discrimination and injustice. and celebrities and politicians took to twitter to celebrate. ellen degeneres tweeting thank you, president barack obama, for your beautiful and brave words. i m overwhelmed. michael bloomberg wrote president barack obama s announce maenlt is a major turning point in the history of measure civil vierights. there were even tweets from former