President Obama Addresses Gay Rights in Inaugural Remarks –‘Our Journey Is Not Complete Until Gay Americans Are Treated Like Anyone Else’
In his inauguration address, President Obama laid out the tasks ahead for this generation, stressing that the truth that “all of us are created equal" as "the star that guides us still."
He said, “It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving,
hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.”
Watch the clip below and see the full speech here.
