WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – In 2012, President Barack Obama said he had “evolved” on the issue of redefining marriage. But according to a former White House speechwriter, the White House had already secretly hosted a same-sex “marriage” ceremony.
Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Jon Lovett — who describes himself as gay — said that he presided over a same-sex ceremony while employed at the White House. And according to Lovett, he did it without Obama's permission.
“I went into politics for the reasons most people do: ambition, self-righteousness, and a desire to help others,” Lovett wrote.
Speaking of how he didn't always agree with policies he wrote about, Lovett said that working “for the greater good” – which, for him, included repealing of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” prohibition of open homosexual military service and passing the Affordable Care Act – was difficult because it often forced him to push back focusing on issues he felt should be addressed.
Sometimes, said Lovett, he ignored “the greater good” for his own personal goals.
“I especially couldn't ignore it when two of my best friends, Steve and Justin, asked me to perform their wedding,” Lovett explained. “Now, I was incredibly touched when Steve and Justin asked me to officiate. They were going to have the ceremony in West Virginia.”
“They were going to need a licensed officiate to do it in the District of Columbia,” said Lovett, who said he performed the ceremony in West Virginia. After he became an officiate, Lovett said that “I remembered that I worked at the White House, and I could give tours any time I want.”
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“Steve and Justin and I walked through the double doors into the ground floor of the West Wing, past the Situation Room, down the hall past the offices of the [NSC], up the stairs by the cabinet room and the Oval Office, through the doors of the Colonnade that connect the offices of the West Wing to the stately rooms of the residence, and we turned right down the stone path that jutted into the Rose Garden and then I said, 'Steve do you take Justin to be your lawfully wedded husband? And Justin, do you take Steve?'
“We were very nervous; they were nervous because they were getting married. I was nervous because I snuck into my boss’ house to perform a wedding against his wishes in his backyard. You can say what you will about the first same-sex marriage at the White House, at the very least, it was quite rude,” Lovett said.
“They kissed modestly…and then I filed the paperwork – the only real evidence that this took place, because I had to list the address: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
The LGBT website Towleroad notes that the District of Columbia redefined marriage in 2010, and that Lovett left the White House in 2011.
As president, Obama did not openly support redefining marriage until mid-2012, though he had supported it in the 1990s. According to his adviser, David Axelrod, said that Obama covered up his support for same-sex “marriage” in order to get elected president in 2008.
