OH YEAAAH!! FUCK ALL YOU HOMOPHOBIC FAGGOTS!
The irony does not escape me. \(>ワ<)/
The response from the Republican Party has been generally along these lines:
-"How dare he play this card during an election year! It isn't fair. He's trying to pander for votes."
-"Supportive of gay rights? Whatever, it's not like it was an important issue anyway. Not like the economy."
-"While polls show that most Americans support gay marriage, take a look at this map of America. Voters in almost every state have already told their legislatures they don't support gay marriage."
So some of them are saying that Obama's just saying this as a political play for votes. Then, on the other hand, they claim that most people don't support gay marriage. Well, in that case, how is this a play for votes? I really want to know how these two contradicting claims reconcile with each other.
The timing of this declaration is suspect at best, but it is still a very good thing. Screw you North Carolina!
ReplyDeleteWhen should he have made a declaration then?
DeleteI don't know, this just seems reactionary to me. Maybe if he said something before the NC vote, it might have been able to make a difference.
DeleteAs a politician I don't understand why he should be called out on making a relevant declaration exactly when the issue is in the headlines. That seems arbitrary to me. In fact, since the state of NC voted YES on Amendment One, don't you think a "fair-weather bandwagon" type of politician would have gone the other way here and said he *didn't* support gay marriage? If you believe the NC vote accurately represents the people's sentiment then you must also believe Obama is throwing away a state's support.
DeleteI don't think that vote was an accurate representation of the people's sentiment, considering the low turnout, I don't think he was throwing away any votes. The yes voters wouldn't have been Obama voters anyways. Still I won't be convinced it was a genuine statement until he actually does something about it.
DeleteWell he repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". And that doesn't count because...?
DeleteThey don't know what to think. I'm sure some of them have to be impressed that he's half black AND supportive of gay marriage. Would be cool if he got a sex change before the year ends too.
ReplyDeleteThere would probably be a spate of fatal seizures if that happened. (^_^)
DeleteWell it is true that they are contradicting themselves there. I do think this may be some kind of ploy to get votes though. He could have spoken up about it before now. Still if he really supports gay rights then all the better to him.
ReplyDeleteCalling it a "ploy" is misleading. What do politicians do that *isn't* somehow connected to public support? We have a democracy here, it couldn't be any other way.
DeleteAnd he has said, many times in the past, that he's, at the very least, opposed to banning gay marriage.
I really don't care much about this since I don't think of this as a big deal. a person could marry anyone he/she wishes as long as both sides agree, although, imaging two persons with same sex making up..err..I'm not saying anything. hehe..
ReplyDeletehaha, I know what you mean. But it isn't any of our business, is it?
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