*Note to whitehouse.gov: Please delete my old petition.
Newly Updated and Factually Correct Petition:
We urgently desire Obama, the first sitting President to defend the civil right to marry, to personally and publicly speak out. Following the May 2012 popular vote to limit marriage equality in North Carolina, President Obama's campaign said he was "disappointed with North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage." This statement of “regret" through his campaign is applauded, but insufficient—there is more that he can do. Now that the Democratic platform officially endorses marriage for LGBT couples, we need President Obama (a Democrat) to personally and publicly speak out against the proposed anti-LGBT marriage amendment in Minnesota, PRIOR to the November election.