joseph biden

Amid furious Beltway speculation and growing calls for an unequivocal position on marriage from LGBT groups and the national media, President Barack Obama said in a Wednesday interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts that his decision stemmed from his own experience with gay staff in committed relationships as well as the continued discrimination against gay service members who can now serve openly in the military following repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but are denied the same basic equal rights as their heterosexual counterparts.