Obama on family issues, including gay adoption

The Family Equality Council recently sent identical letters to Obama and McCain asking about their positions on issues faced by the "vast array of family types" in America.

No word back from McCain... (but here's an earlier post about his mysterious position on gay adoption).

Obama's response here, an excerpt below:

... We also have to do more to support and strengthen LGBT families. Because equality in relationship, family, and adoption rights is not some abstract principle; it's about whether millions of LGBT Americans can finally live lives marked by dignity and freedom. That's why we have to repeal laws like the Defense of Marriage Act. That's why we have to eliminate discrimination against LGBT families. And that's why we have to extend equal treatment in our family and adoption laws.

I'll be a president that stands up for American families - all of them.