WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- President Obama told a gay rights group Saturday he will end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that bars openly homosexual people from U.S. military service.
Obama addressed 3,000 people at a Human Rights Campaign fundraising dinner in Washington, the Los Angeles Times reported. He also said he wants to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows states to withhold recognition of same-sex marriages contracted in states where they are legal.