doolittle
He announced that he believes Gay Marriages should be legalized. (Please remember that the 50 States are the ones that control whether Gay marriage can be/ or is legal in their State- So he has no control over it) I believe it is part of the "Equality for All" Constitutional Rights (Or that's what the Media is saying)..Is it, or is it a political tactic for his election campaign...and if so is it a good move or a bad move?????????
10 Answers
Colleen
It's a ploy to get the homosexual vote. I hope the LGBT community does not fall into this trap. His opinion does not matter, nor does the opinion of the VP. It's the US Supreme Court who will make the decision on federally recognized gay marriage, not the people and not the President.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
Bob/PKB
Ann
itsmee
I think he will lose the election over this decision. I live in California, too. Personally, I give him a standing O. Yay!
I am hard-pressed to understand what people have against Gay people. I guess it’s in the bible. I dunno.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
ed shank
There's nothing I like about our President, but I applaud the fact that after some soul searching he, has reconsidered his thinking on same sex marriages. I, too had a very definate opinion at one time that this type of relationship was wrong. I like to think that I matured and realized that you can't help who you love. This was a brave move on his part, it could kill his chances for a second term. I don't believe it was done for the gay vote. I believe it was his conscience speaking. I hope he's out after November, but for real issues and not the gay thing.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
bigben
If the federal government decides it's a civil right then it will become a federal issue and the states will have no say depending on what the supremes decide. They will have to decide the rights issue first. And it could easily go in this direction because the court has been here before. The made interracial marriage a right, I think in the fifties. Then there was the whole civil rights fight of the fifties and sixties and in both of these conflicts they came down on the side civil rights which made it a federal case. I think they could very well go in this direction because having half the states going in one direction and the other half in another seems inefficient, not to mention a legal quagmire when it come to business, law, insurance, medicine and other things. Also, I'm not sure, but business interest will probably side with gays because they are a hughe purchasing block. I mean, come on, they are 4% of 300,000,000 people or 12,000,000. That's a lot of business.
I don't see the point in arguing about why, when or how Obama makes his position clear. This is politics and we are the ones that helped to make this screwed up system. It forces politicians to worry too much about money, polls, and sound bites. People say that it was a political move by Obama. Really, well of course it was and it was practical, reasonable, and necessaryt to the democratic base which has to be taken into consideration. I mean, this is the political arena, what other kind of decision would it be? Heck, if I were to worry about that kind of thing I would have pulled out what little hair I have left trying to determine what position Romney was changing today.
Last but no least, most young people support gay marriage. So, any objections by conservatives, religious groups and others on the right are nothing more than delaying tactics because the middle age and older generations will gradually decline and die off and the younger people who are more tolerant on this issue will change it.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
williamtheman
It does not matter what the law ses the bond between two people is the marrage not the bit of paper that is worth nothing it love that counts
| 11 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
Let the games begin!
Here we go! THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!
Evangelist Franklin Graham said President Barack Obama has “shaken his fist at God” by voicing support for gay marriage.
In an interview Wednesday with ABC News, Obama said his opinions had evolved and he now believes same-sex couples should have the right to wed.
“At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said.
Graham, son of the Rev. Billy Graham, said the president was defying God’s will by changing his opinion on the issue.
“President Obama has, in my view, shaken his fist at the same God who created and defined marriage. It grieves me that our president would now affirm same-sex marriage, though I believe it grieves God even more,” Graham said in a statement.
“This is a sad day for America. May God help us,” he said.
Graham supported a measure to amend North Carolina’s constitution to bar gay marriage. Voters on Tuesday passed the amendment with a 61 percent approval rate.
Graham has criticized Obama on spiritual matters in the past. In February, he publicly questioned whether Obama is really a Christian and said “Islam has gotten a free pass” under Obama’s administration. Graham later apologized.
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My impute:
Franklin Graham IS WRONG. God did not create and define marriage. Man did. Marriage was originally a legally bidding contract between a man and the father of the girl. She was basically sold into marriage by her father. It could have been for money, land or even animals. Here in the USA, the federal Government defines what a marriage is. God is in charge of Holy Matrimony, not a legal contract acknowledged by the US Government. If God was in charge of marriage, then Atheists would not be able to get married.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
(The State I live in does not recognize common law marriages & we will probably end up with a vote in Nov. re Gay marriages)
jhharlan
lindilou
Nobody can dictate who to love...political moronics I say!
I think it's all about the money money money....and the votes.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
