[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/former-us-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-endorses-marriage-equality\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/former-us-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-endorses-marriage-equality\/","headline":"Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Endorses Marriage Equality","name":"Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Endorses Marriage Equality","description":"By Jason Carson Wilson Marriage equality has received former U.S. Secretary of State and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell\u2019s endorsement, according to the...","datePublished":"2012-05-24","dateModified":"2021-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/colin-powell-marriage-equality.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/colin-powell-marriage-equality.jpg","height":450,"width":416},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/former-us-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-endorses-marriage-equality\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":314,"articleBody":" By Jason Carson WilsonMarriage equality has received former U.S. Secretary of State and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell\u2019s endorsement, according to the Human Rights Campaign. His pledge of support comes after President Obama\u2019s marriage equality endorsement. Powell stressed his support of Obama\u2019s decision during an interview with CNN\u2019s Wolf Blitzer.\u201cI have no problem with it,\u201d Powell saidWitnessing his GLBT friends\u2019 commitment to their relationships, he said, prompted his support.\u201cAs I’ve thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in partnerships with loved ones, and they are as stable a family as my family is, and they raise children. And so I don’t see any reason not to say that they should be able to get married,” he told Blitzer.He has joined a growing number of prominent African-Americans supporting marriage equality, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Jay-Z. Support among African-Americans, in general, is growing as well.Nearly 60 percent of African-Americans, according to an ABC News\/Washington Post poll released Wednesday, support marriage equality.That poll also found that support for gay marriage\u2014nationwide\u2014has reached 53 percent. Even some Republicans are becoming more supportive, according to an NBC News\/Wall Street Journal poll. About 50 percent of GOPers under age 35 support marriage equality.Some might find Powell\u2019s marriage equality support ironic. Metro Weekly reports Powell\u2019s 1993 support of \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d kept the law alive until its 2010 repeal.\u201cIt was the Congress that imposed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ though it was certainly my position and my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred, as you’ll recall,\u201d Powell said.He served as George W. Bush\u2019s secretary of state from 2001 to 2005.    Photo: prweb.com; Video: cnn.com"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Endorses Marriage Equality","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/former-us-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-endorses-marriage-equality\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]