Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Obama Draws Attention to, Criticizes Republican Assault on Marriage Equality
the Associated Press published last week with McAuliffe’s Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin. He told the news wire that he feels “called to love everyone” because of his Christian faith.
However, when the AP pressed if that included support for same-sex marriage, he said: “No.” Youngkin then said that marriage equality was “legally acceptable” in the commonwealth and that he “as governor, will support that.”In response to the AP interview, McAuliffe, who is running for a second term as governor of Virginia, took to social media to reinforce his support for marriage equality.
