President Obama Covers 'OUT100,' Talks Equality & More
President Obama takes the cover of Out magazine’s OUT100 issue as an ally, hero, and icon.
Here’s what the 54-year-old politician had to share:
On equality: “This really goes back to when I was a kid, because my mom instilled in me the strong belief that every person is of equal worth,” he explains to the magazine. “At the same time growing up as a black guy with a funny name, I was often reminded of exactly what it felt like to be on the outside. To Malia [Obama] and Sasha [Obama] and their friends, discrimination in any form against anyone doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t dawn on them that friends who are gay or friends’ parents who are same-sex couples should be treated differently than anyone else. The next generation is spurring change not just for future generations, but for my generation, too.”
On Kim Davis: “I am a man of faith and believe deeply in religious freedom, but at the end of the day, nobody is above the rule of law�”especially someone who voluntarily takes an oath to uphold that law. That’s something we’ve got to respect.”
For more from the President, visit OUT.com.