&quot;I agree that we&#39;re not going to have to wait that long -- because from Minnesota to Maryland, from the United States Senate to the NBA, it&#39;s clear we&#39;re reaching a turning point. <img alt="Barack Obama" src="http://www.mid-day.com/photos/plog-content/images/specials/8-kickass-hairstyles-for-the-year/barak-obama.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 429px;" /> We&#39;ve become not just more accepting; we&#39;ve become more loving, as a country, and as a people. Hearts and minds change with time. Laws do, too,&quot; Obama said at a White House event to celebrate LGBT Pride Month yesterday. &quot;Change like that isn&#39;t something that starts here in Washington, but it&#39;s something that has the power that Washington has a great deal of difficulty resisting over time,&quot; Obama said. &quot;It&#39;s something that comes from the courage of those who stood up, and sat in, and came out. It&#39;s something that comes from the compassion of family and friends and coworkers and teammates who show their love and support,&quot; said the US President. These change, Obama said, can be traced back to the Declaration of Independence -- the fundamental principle that all of us are created equal. &quot;And as I said in my Inaugural Address, if we truly are created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,&quot; he said. &quot;We know from our own history that change happens because people push to make it happen. We&#39;ve got to do the hard work of educating others, showing empathy to others, changing hearts and minds. And when we do that, then change occurs. It doesn&#39;t come always as quickly as we like, but progress comes,&quot; he said. u00a0

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