Obama's change of heart on gay marriage

I think the title change of heart is misleading. He has always been pro-gay marriage as an individual, he finally took his platform as president and took personal beliefs to a national level. In an election year, which could take him either way. I was always going to vote for him. And while I wish he'd come to this conclusion to use is platform as president sooner I'm happy he finally got there

Excellent! I love this: their book of doctrine is NOT a legally binding document for our nation that was founded on a separation of church and state.

no vote for him

Yeah, well, that's why they call it "Politics." You are NEVER going to get someone in the White House who isn't a politician. Ever.

So, we have to work with what we have. The fact is, he DID lose votes from Gay Haters and "on the fence" people who think their interpretation of "legislation" ; and "sin" should be the same thing, when he said what he did.

That still took guts to do what Obama did.

I'm glad he said he supports gay marriage, as opposed to not supporting marriage equality... but it's the absolute minimum he could have done. It's a purely political tactic.

If he really cared about marriage equality, he would have gotten to it earlier in his first term, like he said he'd do in the campaign. He hasn't even done anything official yet, he just said that he personally supports gay marriage (which, I guarantee, will exclude trans* people and people in poly relationships). Well, I personally support decriminalizing sex work, but that doesn't make any difference unless I get out there and make sure something actually gets done.

If Obama really cared about queer folks, he wouldn't toss this out right before the election to win our votes. He would be focusing on other issues that are much more important to queer folks' lives. The health care program is a start, I will give him that much. It's a conservative start -- again the very least he could do -- but it's something. He would be behind employment protections and hate crimes legislation and anti-poverty measures and ending the war in Afghanistan.

I can't vote for Obama. I cannot support the killing of innocent people in drone strikes, and I'm very frustrated with how little he has done as an allegedly liberal president.

But I wasn't going to vote for him anyway. That he offered queer folks the absolute minimum as a scrap like it was some amazing prize doesn't make me want to vote for him more, but he never had a chance at my vote anyway.

Are you implying anyone actually takes his "change of heart" seriously?

I agree! Any support is good support, especially when it's a person of power.

i agree

i was for marriage equality before, and still am.