Obama responds to young girl’s marriage equality plea
Last week, a little girl called Yasmeen expressed her views in a hand written letter to President Barack Obama – and she got a personal response.
The letter read, “President Obama. Yasmeen, I am 5 almost 6 years old. Please stop war for our world, instead have a meeting. Please give a speech to tell everyone they can marry who they want. Thank you.”
@POTUS A letter from my 5 year old niece. Right out of the mouths of babes! pic.twitter.com/Q8Sovz8eEL
— Dr Z (@DrFahmida) May 22, 2015
After the letter was tweeted by her aunt to the President’s new Twitter account (@POTUS), he responded, showing his support for marriage equality.
“Tell your niece I really like her letter. Couldn’t agree more!” he wrote:
.@DrFahmida tell your niece I really like her letter. Couldn't agree more!
— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 22, 2015
Looks like the President is eager to share his opinion on marriage equality, having only tweeted a total of seven times, one of those being his reply to Yasmeen’s aunt.
Despite there being some previous uncertainties with Obama and his stance on gay marriage, it would appear that now, the President is happy to suggest to his 2.46 million followers that he is in favour of marriage equality for everyone.
The conversation comes at a crucial time, just as Ireland and Greenland have voted in favour of legalising equal marriage, and the Vatican have spoken out against such changes.