Barack Quote by Stephen Colbert

Is anyone really surprised by the fact that President Obama came out of the closet for gay marriage? What was most surprising is when…

— Bristol Palin

[Barack Obama] was running for Senate and he's saying, I'm not for gay marriage because I'm a Christian. Jump off a bridge! I mean…

— Bill Ayers

Was President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage crassly political? God, I hope so.

— Timothy Noah

I could never be a politician. But as uncomfortable as I would be doing so, I have no problem with Obama's long-planned 'change of…

— Barack Obama

Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.

— Edmund White

I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.

— Mark McKinnon

Obama, congratulations on being the first sitting President to support marriage equality. Feels like the future, and not the past.

— Lady Gaga

Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize is that…

— Maureen Dowd

And then there's this guy, Barack Obama, who lost - I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures, but - he…

— Michelle Obama

When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.

— Kate Clinton

“For the first time, he began calling himself Barack. Partly because a beautiful, older girl told him it was a great name. But also…

— Roberta Edwards

For decades the G.O.P. has won elections by appealing to social and racial divisions, only to turn after each victory to deregulation and tax…

— Paul Krugman