That time Barack Obama was rebuked by Alan Keyes on same-sex marriage, using Natural Law. This debate was held on October 26, 2004, when both were running for office to be a State Senator in Illinois. pic.twitter.com/lcP2xno8jg
— Jared Moore (@jaredhmoore) February 20, 2024
I miss inspirational public addresses by the former FLOTUS…
The U.S. is not about blood or pedigree or wealth, it’s a place where everyone should have a fair shot, whether you’re a kid taking two buses and a train just to get to school or a single mother who’s working two jobs to put some food on the table or an immigrant just arriving, getting your first apartment, forging a future for yourself in a place you dreamed of.
That’s why this day isn’t about me or Barack, it’s not even about these beautiful paintings, it’s about telling that fuller story, a story that includes every single American and every single corner of the country so that our kids and grandkids can see something more for themselves.
As much as some folks might want us to believe that has lost some of its shine — that division and discrimination and everything else might’ve dimmed its light — I still know, deep in my heart, that what we share, as my husband continues to say, is so much bigger than what we don’t. Our democracy is so much stronger than our differences.”