{"id":20450,"date":"2015-06-26T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/watch-president-obama-calls-marriage-plaintiff-jim-obergefell-on-the-steps-of-the-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2015-06-26T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:02:13","slug":"watch-president-obama-calls-marriage-plaintiff-jim-obergefell-on-the-steps-of-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/watch-president-obama-calls-marriage-plaintiff-jim-obergefell-on-the-steps-of-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: President Obama Calls Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell On the Steps of the Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATCH: President Obama Calls Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell On the Steps of the Supreme Court<\/b><\/p>\n

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Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff at the center of the SCOTUS gay<\/a> marriage case, gave his initial reaction to today’s pro-equality ruling outside the high court’s steps a short while ago.<\/p>\n

Said Obergefell in part:<\/p>\n

Now at long last, Ohio will recognize our marriage and most important marriage equality will come to every state across our country. It’s my hope that the term ‘gay<\/a> marriage’ will soon be a thing of the past. That from this day forward, it will simply be ‘marriage.’ And our nation will be better off because of it.<\/p>\n

President Obama also called Obergefell to offer his congratulations.<\/p>\n

Watch both videos<\/a> below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post WATCH: President Obama Calls Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell On the Steps of the Supreme Court<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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WATCH: President Obama Calls Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell On the Steps of the Supreme Court<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n