Posted on 11/16/2018 9:53:06 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal across the U.S., declaring that refusing to do so would violate the Constitution. Shortly after the high court’s landmark decision, the Obama administration celebrated by lighting the White House in rainbow colors.
Now, more than three years after that historic Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, former first lady Michelle Obama revealed that she and her daughter Malia, then 16, snuck out of the White House that night to join in on the fun happening outside their residence.
Obama also recounted the story in her appearance Thursday on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
“Thousands of people were gathering in front of the White House at that time to celebrate, and my staff was calling me, everybody was celebrating, people were crying, and I thought, ‘I want to be in that,’”she told DeGeneres, who is openly gay. “Also, we had worked to make sure that the White House was lit up in the LGBT colors.”
“It was beautiful,” she continued. “We stood along with all the cheering crowd, off to the side, mind you, so no one would see us, with security surrounding us, and we tried to have our tender mother-daughter moment, but we just took it in. I held her tight, and my feeling was, we are moving forward. Change is happening.”
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That’s a shame. There’s a bunch of them.
I still won’t use it. it grates on the ears.
...not so much energy for visiting wounded vets, though.
By the Grace of God . . . but how much more of this insanity in the USA is He going to put up with . . . only He knows. But everyone needs to be prepared . . .we are all a breath away from eternity. http://www.patburt.com/
“...and my feeling was, we are moving forward. Change is happening.”
I’m sure people felt the same way in Noah’s day.
A big “Change” was about to happen.....
For me it’s pleaded vs. pled.
For me, gift is a noun, period.
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