An Obama Gay Marriage Timeline
President Obama may come out in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage today in an interview with the ABC News. It’s been a long and winding road there.
1. Obama in 1996: “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.”
2. Obama in 2004: My religious faith dictates marriage is between a man and a woman, gay marriage is not a civil right.
3. Obama in 2008: I believe marriage is the union between a man and a woman. As a Christian it’s also a sacred union.
5. Obama in 2010: My feelings about this are constantly evolving. I struggle with this.
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Because a year agoEvery individual is different, but statistically speaking, black voters tend to be more anti-gay-marriage, and college students tend to be more pro-gay-marriage. As another commenter said, this is a strategic calculation on Obama’s part, not a matter of principle. I’d read today’s announcement as a sign that he still takes the black vote for granted, but he’s worried about the college students not showing up to vote in November.
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Bezoar a year agoObama’s stance on gay marriage can basically be broken down like this:
1. If he comes out in favor of gay marriage now, he will lose a lot of votes.
2. If he comes out against gay marriage, he will also lose some votes, though likely not as many.
3. He is trying not to lose a bunch of votes by coming out in favor of gay marriage now, but is also trying to hint at a promise to make progress on this issue in the future (evolve).
4. The GOP has caught on to this, and is pressuring him to take a stance, thereby losing votes and possibly the election.
5. If you are in favor of gay marriage, like myself, you need to back off for now. You’ve waited this long, you need to wait a little longer if you want any hope of victory here. His “struggle” with this is not with the morality, but with the issue of strategy. Don’t make the mistake of concluding this to be cowardice. This is discretion, which as you know, is the better part of valor. Don’t forget who repealed DADT, and who he is up against. -
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Inquisitive Kat a year agoPerhaps it would be a nice thing if he stopped pandering to the GOP and supported the many gays who voted for him.
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