Huffington Magazine Issue 33 | Page 6

POINTERS SCOTT ANDREWS-POOL/GETTY IMAGES Enter HUFFINGTON 01.27.13 1 OBAMA MAKES HISTORY IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS President Obama made history this week when he became the first president to address gay rights during an inauguration speech. “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,” he said to a crowd of hundreds of thousands gathered on the National Mall. Obama also addressed poverty, racial and gender equality, and — in a reference to the gun control debate — he said, “our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.”