In a week when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appear together in a united front for the US Democratic Party, Michelle Obama has put her husband on record as a fighter for the full equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.
"Barack believes that we must fight for the world as it should be, a world where we work together to reverse discriminatory laws," she told the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council last week, reports the San Francisco Sentinel.
Invoking "those who marched and bled and died, from Selma to Stonewall," Michelle implored Democrats to continue those early crusaders' march "in the pursuit of a more perfect union."
On the issue of gay marriages, she told the crowd that individual states should be able to "decide for themselves how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples - whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union, or a civil marriage."
Meanwhile, Barack Obama's supporters have released a YouTube video compilation of LGBT-friendly messages the Presidential candidate has given in speeches over the years, calling it Obama Pride.
"When I am President of the United States, gays and lesbians will have someone who will fight for equal rights for them," Obama states in one clip. "Somebody who opposes 'Don't Ask Don't Tell', somebody who fought to make sure that gays and lesbians aren't discriminated against on the job or with hospital visitations.
"Because they are our brothers, and they are our sisters, and I don't mind everybody knowing where I stand - because that is why I'm in it."
The Obama Pride video is shown below.
