Obama criticizes Romney as ‘backwards on equality’

SEATTLE — Pres­i­dent Barack Obama wasted lit­tle time cast­ing Repub­li­can rival Mitt Rom­ney as “back­wards on equal­ity” on Thurs­day, eager to trans­form his his­toric embrace of same-sex mar­riage into donor enthu­si­asm and grass­roots vigor.