Obama Congratulates Hawaii Legislature On Passing Gay Marriage Bill

President Barack Obama smiles after he said that environmental protesters who interrupted his speech were at the wrong event as he speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law, Wednesday... President Barack Obama smiles after he said that environmental protesters who interrupted his speech were at the wrong event as he speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Faneuil Hall is where former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, Obama's rival in the 2012 presidential election, signed the state's landmark health care law in 2006, with top Democrats standing by his side. MORE LESS
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President Obama on Tuesday congratulated the Hawaii state legislature after it passed a bill legalizing gay marriage.

“I’ve always been proud to have been born in Hawaii, and today’s vote makes me even prouder,” Obama said in a statement. “Whenever freedom and equality are affirmed, our country becomes stronger. By giving loving gay and lesbian the right to marry if they choose, Hawaii exemplifies the values we hold dear as a nation.”

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