Roberts asked the
president if First Lady Michelle
Obama was involved in this
decision. Obama said she was, and
he talked specifically about his
own faith in responding.
“This
is something that, you know,
we’ve talked about over the
years and she, you know, she
feels the same way, she feels
the same way that I do. And
that is that, in the end the
values that I care most deeply
about and she cares most
deeply about is how we treat
other people and, you know, I,
you know, we are both
practicing Christians and
obviously this position may be
considered to put us at odds
with the views of others but,
you know, when we think about
our faith, the thing at root
that we think about is, not
only Christ sacrificing
himself on our behalf, but
it’s also the Golden Rule, you
know, treat others the way you
would want to be treated. And
I think that’s what we try to
impart to our kids and that’s
what motivates me as president
and I figure the most
consistent I can be in being
true to those precepts, the
better I’ll be as a as a dad
and a husband and hopefully
the better I’ll be as
president