Inauguration Speech

David Lauter writes about President Obama's Inauguration in the article "Inauguration 2013: Obama Addresses Gays, Compromise, Climate Change" published January 21, 2013 in the Los Angeles Times. Today, President Barack Obama took his second oath to office, as he advocated the democratic party's ideologies about gay marriage and climate change. President Obama's inaugural address stressed some major policy priorities that he would like to accomplish throughout his second term. This inaugural speech was unlike any other. For the first time ever, the rights of gay Americans was mentioned in an inaugural speech as President Obama said that America's, “...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”(Obama qtd. by Lauter). He also briefly mentioned his proposals for gun control and immigration reform throughout his eighteen minute speech. All Americans are in hopes that during President Obama's second term the bipartisan gridlock in congress will end and we can finally construct new and long-awaited policies.