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 Slams GOP Attacks On Gay Marriage: “Are We Still Arguing About Gay Marriage? Really?”
thegailygrind.comFormer President Barack Obama slammed Republican lawmakers who continue to attack same-sex marriage, six years after the Supreme Court legalized it nationwide.
Obama made the remarks Saturday at a Virginia rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, just days after McAuliffe’s Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, said he opposed marriage equality.
In an interview last week with the Associated Press, Youngkin spoke of his Christian faith and said he doesn’t support same-sex marriage, describing it as “legally acceptable.” “Are we still arguing about gay marriage?
Really?” Obama, the first sitting president to formally endorse marriage equality, said at the event. “I thought that was pretty clearly the right thing to do.”
