... invoked the Stonewall riots of 1969,
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which marked the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, as a milestone in civil rights history.
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“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall,” the president said.
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