Barack Obama slams Republicans who keep on attacking marriage equality

Former President Barack Obama’s wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One
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President Barack Obama stood up for marriage equality on Saturday during a speech in Richmond, Virginia in support of the state’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

In response to anti-LGBTQ comments from McAuliffe’s Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, Obama asked, “Are we still arguing about gay marriage? Really? I thought that ship had sailed. I thought that was pretty clearly the right thing to do.”

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A few days earlier, Youngkin told the Associated Press that, while he would respect that marriage equality was “legally acceptable” in Virginia, he did not support it. He added that he feels he is still “called to love everyone.”

McAuliffe responded to the article with a tweet defending marriage equality, declaring, “I worked my heart out to keep Virginia open and welcoming to all. This type of bigotry and intolerance has NO place in our Commonwealth.”

He also wrote how…

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