Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th

president of USA from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party
Obama was the first African-American president of USA.
He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 4th August 1961. He was born to an
American mother and a Kenyan father. Obama didn’t have a strong relationship
with his father, seeing him rarely.

Presidential Campaigns:
On 10th February, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for president of the
USA in front of the Old State Capitol building in Illinois. Obama emphasized
issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and
reforming the health care system. On 2nd of June, Obama had received enough
votes to clinch his election.

Presidency:
LGBT rights and same-sex marriage in the view of Barak Obama:
As a candidate for the Illinois state senate in 1996, Obama stated he favoured
legalizing same-sex marriage. During his Senate run in 2004, he said he
supported civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex partners but
opposed same-sex marriages. In 2008, he reaffirmed his position by stating “I
believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favour of gay
marriage.” On 9th of May, 2012, shortly after the official launch of his campaign
for re-election as president, Obama said his views had evolved, and he publicly
affirmed his personal support for the legalization of same-sex marriage,
becoming the first sitting US president to do so. During his second inaugural
address on 21st of January, 2013, Obama became the first US president in office
to call for full equality for gay Americans.