Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has
called on President Barack Obama to endorse gay marriage.
The 62-year-old Warren, who is running
to unseat Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts, told gay
weekly The
Washington Blade that marriage equality is “morally right.”
(Related: Scott
Brown says gay marriage in Massachusetts is “settled law.”)
Obama has endorsed civil unions for gay
and lesbian couples and has said that he's “evolving” on
marriage.
“I want to see the president evolve
because I believe that is right; marriage equality is morally right,”
she said.
Warren said she would like to see the
president sign an executive order which would require companies doing
business with the government to include sexual orientation and gender
identity in their non-discrimination policies.
“Any steps that the president can
take toward non-discrimination benefit the whole country,” Warren
said. “I don't know how else to say it. It's the right thing to
do.”
Warren also endorsed adding marriage
equality to the Democratic Party platform because it would help build
support for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law
which bars federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of
gay couples.
(Related: Obama,
Democratic Party not ready to endorse gay marriage.)