欧巴马总统表示，“就我个人来说，我需要公开表明，我认为同性伴侣应该能够结婚。”

数年来的发展演进使欧巴马总统得出结论：“就我个人来说，我需要公开表明，我认为同性伴侣应该能够结婚。”

欧巴马总统在接受美国广播公司(ABC)记者罗宾·罗伯茨（Robin Roberts）专访时作出这一声明。专访的片段定于5月9日在ABC晚间新闻中播出，完整内容在5月10播出。

总统说：“你们知道，当我去大学校园时，有时我和学校里的共和党人谈话，他们认为我的经济政策、外交政策很糟糕，但是在涉及同性恋者的平等权利或性向等问题时，他们态度很明确。他们崇尚平等。”

President Obama says “that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”

An evolution that occurred over the course of several years led President Obama to the conclusion “that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”

President Obama made the statement to ABC News' Robin Roberts in an interview that is scheduled to be excerpted on ABC’s evening news program on May 9 and air in its entirety on May 10.

“You know, when I go to college campuses, sometimes I talk to college Republicans who think that I have terrible policies on the economy, on foreign policy, but are very clear that when it comes to same-sex equality or, you know, sexual orientation, that they believe in equality,” he said.