Obama Brings Tears To Ellen's Eyes After Telling Her She's "Influential" To The Gay Community

Obama stopped by on The Ellen Show a few days ago, and things got emotional. 

It all began when Ellen paused for a moment to thank Obama for his efforts for the gay community in the United States. “I cannot tell you or thank you enough for what you have done for the gay community."

But then Obama turned around with these beautiful words:

“It’s one of the things I’m proudest of because my whole political career has been based on the idea that we constantly want to include people and not exclude them… But I will say we were driving over here today—and I meant this, I said it to my staff—I said, as much as we’ve done with laws and ending ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ etc., changing hearts and minds—I don’t think anybody has been more influential than you on that. I really mean that. Your courage—and you’re just really likable. You being willing to claim who you were, that suddenly empowers other people. And then suddenly, it’s your brother, it’s your uncle, it’s your best friend, it’s your coworkers. And then attitudes shift. And the law is followed, but it started with folks like you. I’m so proud of you.”