Barack Obama

“I am mostly struck now by how Americans once stood firm against both disease and totalitarianism—and now we fight disease but appease dictators.”

“Pastor Nadarkhani has done nothing more than maintain his devout faith, which is a universal right for all people,” the statement released by the White House read. “That the Iranian authorities would try to force him to renounce that faith violates the religious values they claim to defend, crosses all bounds of decency, and breaches Iran’s own international obligations. read more

“President Barack Obama has instructed the Justice Department not to defend federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman in two lawsuits…. ‘Much of the legal landscape has changed in the 15 years since Congress passed DOMA,’ says a statement.”