Mr.Obama said he ran for president to put the American Dream in the United States, within the reach of everyone regardless of their gender,race, faith or station in life.
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Moreover aspects such as mutual care within traditional gender roles and bringing up children as a form of old-age insurance had huge practical importance and were much more important than romantic love.
At the same time, failing to recognize gender difference within marriage and the family would be a "deceit" that would rock the foundations of society and lead to discrimination between children, he said.