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"Barack Obama made history Monday, when he became the first president to mention gay rights in an inaugural address. The socially progressive remark drew mixed reactions on Twitter, as some users applauded his words and other's found them out of place.\n\"It is now our generation\u2019s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,\" Obama said in a widely quoted moment of his second inaugural address.\nSEE ALSO: Obama Supports Gay Marriage, ABC Breaks News Online\n\nPresident Obama first declared his support for marriage equality in a May 2012 TV interview. For many Twitter users, Obama's mention of gay rights in the inaugural address provided hope for the work the President will do in his second term. \n\n\nIf Obama walks the walk he's talking right now, about gay rights and climate change, this could be a remarkable second term. #inauguration\u2014 Simon Price (@simon_price01) January 21, 2013\n\n\nHappy to hear POTUS include gay rights in his #inauguration speech on MLK day! It IS a civil rights issue!!\u2014 Isaac Robinson III (@isaac_robinson3) January 21, 2013\n\n\nImpressed by Obama's mention of climate change, gender equality, and gay rights. Here's to hoping for a socially progressive second term.\u2014 Willis Kingery (@williskingery) January 21, 2013\n\nOther Twitter users disliked the inclusion of gay rights in the President's speech, on the basis of religion or due to the belief that gay people already are treated equally by law. \n\n\nObama linking gay rights to civil right is bold because frankly many from the civil rights movement resist the comparison #inaug2013\u2014 Cornell Belcher (@cornellbelcher) January 21, 2013\n\n\n\nThe only reason he pushes gay rights and abortion is to get under the skin of #ccot #tcot\u2014 spekurmind (@murrayckim) January 21, 2013\n\n\n\n\nANY pastor supporting Obama after he violates the Constitution, supports abortion, &amp; homosexuals, is a disgrace to God, the pulpit &amp; the USA\u2014 Johnny Lee Clary (@johnnyleeclary) January 20, 2013\n\n\nUm, Mr. President, our gay brothers and sisters ARE treated like every other citizen under the law. #tcot\u2014 Gina Dalfonzo (@ginadalfonzo) January 21, 2013\n\nIn addition to gay rights, the 44th President spoke of socially liberal issues such as responding to climate change, expanding voting rights and developing clean energy solutions.\nDo you expect the issue's highlighted in Obama's address to be the focus of his second term? Let us know in the comments what you thought of the President's remarks.\nPhoto via Joe Raedle/Getty Images\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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