Obama applauds Court decision on gay marriage
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President Barack Obama applauded a US Supreme Court decision on Wednesday that made married gay men and women eligible for federal benefits, and he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to review all relevant federal laws to ensure the ruling is implemented.
"We are a people who declared that we are all created equal, and the love we commit to one another must be equal as well," Obama said in a written statement. He got the news as he flew to Africa aboard Air Force One. Obama said the ruling applies only to civil (and not religious) marriages. (Reuters)
