Advocate.com: Obama Includes Gay Dads in Proclamation
By Advocate.com EditorsPresident Obama issued a Father’s Day Proclamation Friday that includes gay dads. Read an excerpt below.
From the president’s proclamation: “Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by a father and mother, single father, two fathers, a step father, a grandfather, or caring guardian. We owe a special debt of gratitude for those parents serving in the United States Armed Forces and their families, whose sacrifices protect the lives and liberties of all American children. For the character they build, the doors, they open, and the love they provide over our lifetimes, all our fathers deserve our unending appreciation and admiration