Inclusion: Popping the Question to the Candidates

“Tonight was an important night in the fight for equality,” Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese, who was on the panel posing questions to the candidates, said in a statement released the evening of the forum. “Unfortunately, we have more work to do. The overwhelming majority of the candidates do not support marriage equality. While we heard very strong commitments to civil unions and equality in federal rights and benefits, their reasons for opposing equality in civil marriage tonight became even less clear.”

First out of the presidential runners’ block was Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the master of doublespeak.