Queens LGBT Community Thanks Obama For Endorsing Same-Sex Marriage

JACKSON HEIGHTS — Members of the gay and lesbian community in Queens gave President Barack Obama a big "thank you" in Jackson Heights Thursday for his unprecedented stance supporting gay marriage.  

Calling it a "glorious day" for the LGBT community, one of the borough's first openly gay councilman, Daniel Dromm, said he was thrilled to hear the president had "chosen to be on the right side of history" by supporting same-sex marriage.

On Wednesday, Obama publicly expressed his support for gay marriage, the first time any sitting U.S. president has done so.

"It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," Obama said in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts.