“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
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I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.