Michele Obama speaks at DNC GLBT Fundraiser
“We are all only here because of those who marched and bled and died, from Selma to Stonewall, in the pursuit of a more perfect union.”
—Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking June 26 at a Manhattan fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee’s Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council.
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