Rhetoric and campaign promises aside, does President Obama support gay marriage?
The answer, obviously, is no, he does not.
Obama's position is, in fact, quite similar to that held by a number of Prop 8 _SUPPORTERS_ and yet, the gay community has come out unequivacably in damnation of such "half measures" and "second class citizenship."
So why then, is it unacceptable for Prop 8 supporters yet excusable for Obama?
Andy, we got played. Again. At least the Republicans are upfront about their opposition to "the gay agenda." The Democrats - including Obama - dress up their opposition and weigh it down with sweet sounding words.
In the end, they're no different.
One thing I find unseemly about all this is the desperate tone of the gay folks apologizing for Obama's failures. If it were a Republican stating the same things, if it were a Republican administration making the same case, then the gay community would be all over that like nothing else.
Ah, but it's not a Republican. Instead, it's The One! And The One is never wrong!
Codependancy is an ugly thing in personal relationships and even more so for an entire community. And that's exactly where the gay community has once again found itself at the hands of the Democratic politicians.
If Obama's DOJ was charged with "defending the law" but doing so with the intent of supporting gay marriage then that defense would be a tame and half-hearted thing. It would NOT be the strident and vehement thing that it actually is.
We got played Andy. Again. By the Democrats. Again.
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Date: 2009-06-14 12:02 am (UTC)Rhetoric and campaign promises aside, does President Obama support gay marriage?
The answer, obviously, is no, he does not.
Obama's position is, in fact, quite similar to that held by a number of Prop 8 _SUPPORTERS_ and yet, the gay community has come out unequivacably in damnation of such "half measures" and "second class citizenship."
So why then, is it unacceptable for Prop 8 supporters yet excusable for Obama?
Andy, we got played. Again. At least the Republicans are upfront about their opposition to "the gay agenda." The Democrats - including Obama - dress up their opposition and weigh it down with sweet sounding words.
In the end, they're no different.
One thing I find unseemly about all this is the desperate tone of the gay folks apologizing for Obama's failures. If it were a Republican stating the same things, if it were a Republican administration making the same case, then the gay community would be all over that like nothing else.
Ah, but it's not a Republican. Instead, it's The One! And The One is never wrong!
Codependancy is an ugly thing in personal relationships and even more so for an entire community. And that's exactly where the gay community has once again found itself at the hands of the Democratic politicians.
If Obama's DOJ was charged with "defending the law" but doing so with the intent of supporting gay marriage then that defense would be a tame and half-hearted thing. It would NOT be the strident and vehement thing that it actually is.
We got played Andy. Again. By the Democrats. Again.
Madoc