(CNSNews.com) – In electing a “candidate for change,” the American people have buoyed the hopes of millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents raising children in this country, an advocacy group said.
“The election of President-Elect Barack Obama is a defining moment in American history,” said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council. The group “works to ensure equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families.”
Chrisler says she wrote to Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain in July, “asking them to explain how their policies would recognize, respect, protect and celebrate all of the families they seek to represent, including LGBT-headed families.”
Chrisler says she heard back from Obama within a week: He told her that the nation must “do more to support and strengthen LGBT families,” including “equality in relationship, family and adoption rights…”
Obama has consistently included LGBT American in his campaign, Chrisler noted, and “we can rest assured that we have a friend in President-Elect Obama, who, if his presidency is anything like this candidacy, will usher in a new era of unity in our communities and our politics.”
As CNSNews.com previously reported, Obama told the Family Equality Council he supports homosexual couples adopting babies. He also said he wants to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as being between one man and one woman – and says states may not be forced to accept any other definition of marriage.
“I’ll be a president that stands up for American families – all of them,” Obama told the group.
See earlier story:
Obama Pledges ‘Total Equality’ for Same-Sex Families