
Specifically, Michelle Obama promised her husband would:
* support a complete repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
* support a complete repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward homosexuals in the U.S. military.
* oppose a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
* support full family and adoption rights for homosexual couples.
* oppose any interference by the federal government regarding states who legalize domestic partnerships, civil unions or civil marriage among homosexuals.
* oppose homophobia, especially in the African-American community.
“Nothing we have to do over the next four or eight years is going to be easy," Michelle Obama concluded. "There will be powerful forces who believe that things should stay just as they are, that everything is fine, and that’s where you all come in. Your voices of truth and hope and of possibility have got to drown out the skeptics and the cynics.”