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Michelle Obama to Gay Community: President Chooses Supreme Court Justices

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Michelle Obama on Marriage EqualityMichelle Obama is reminding voters that their choice for president will affect the fate of marriage equality, since the president makes appointments to the Supreme Court.

The first lady campaigned for her husband Monday in New York City. At a TriBeCa fund-raiser hosted by Robert DeNiro and his wife, Mrs. Obama stressed the importance of the next four years for the Supreme Court. “Let us not forget what [the Supreme Court's] decisions — the impact those decisions will have on our lives for decades to come — on our privacy and security, on whether we can speak freely, worship openly, and, yes, love whomever we choose.”

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Michelle Obama Does Not Support Marriage Equality

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

A day after former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey suggested First Lady Michelle Obama supported gay marriage, Mrs. Obama has denied supporting it.

During a CNN In the Arena interview, host Eliot Spitzer asked McGreevey, who came out gay amid a sex scandal that ultimately forced him to resign as governor, if he was disappointed with President Barack Obama’s position on the issue.

“If he could only listen to Michelle more often,” McGreevey answered. “I think the president is moving. And, you know, for many elected officials they all started in the same place, you know, marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) On Tuesday, the First Lady’s office quickly denied the claim.

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