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Michelle Obama says her husband wants equal treatment for any relationship recognized under state law. (Photo by AP)
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By: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
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NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama will fight for equal rights for gays just as he fought to help working-class families overcome poverty, the Democratic presidential hopeful’s wife told a gay Democratic group last week.
“Barack believes that we must fight for the world as it should be, a world where together we work to reverse discriminatory laws,” Michelle Obama said at a Manhattan fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council. Touting her husband’s record pushing for workplace discrimination legislation as an Illinois state senator and his support for civil unions, Obama noted her husband also had brought a call for equality to conservative groups, telling churchgoers they need to combat homophobia in the black community.
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