Courting the gay vote
- Ben Smtih - Politico
- Jun 11, 2008
A reader sends over an email that went out from Obama to a gay and lesbian list Friday.
As your President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws. I personally believe that civil unions represent the best way to secure that equal treatment. But I also believe that the federal government should not stand in the way of states that want to decide on their own how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples -whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union, or a civil marriage. I support the complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and lesbian couples, which is precisely what DOMA does.
Obama aide Steve Hildebrand, one element of whose portfolio is gay and lesbian liaising, also held a unity conference call Friday with Clinton backers Elizabeth Birth and Joe Solmonese and former Edwards backer David Mixner.
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