Michelle Obama says her husband will fight for equality for gays just as he fought to help working-class families overcome poverty.


The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke Thursday night in New York City at a fundraising dinner for the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council.


She spoke about her husband's record pushing for workplace discrimination legislation in Illinois when he served in the Legislature there.


Barack Obama has said it should be up to individual states to decide whether to allow gay marriage. Michelle Obama says he wants equal treatment for any relationship recognized under state law.


The DNC says the dinner raised more than $1 million.






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