Obama Opposes Ban on Gay Marriage
Sen. Barack Obama today wrote a letter to stating he oppposed a ban on gay marriage.
In a letter to San Francisco's Alice B. Toklas Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club, the presumptive presidential nominee said he opposed "the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution" and similar efforts in other states.
Good on Obama. He's not afraid to change his mind.
Obama is skating gingerly past his previous position on the issue.
The Illinois senator has said repeatedly that he believes marriage should be only between man and a woman. When the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage in May, Obama released a carefully nuanced statement saying he respected the court's decision, believed states should make their own decisions on marriage and "will continue to fight for civil unions as president."
We're behind Obama on this one, all the way.
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- July 3, 2008
if only..
If only it were that simple. Because all the factors that were put into place to let all these horrible things happen to our economy were put into place in the last year and half...right...
The congress can get almost nothing done because the republicans filibuster everything and we need a super majority if we want anything to pass. And if by some happenstance something does get passed, Bush will veto it.
A great example is the farm bill that would have closed to the loophole for dark markets in which Oil speculation has been rampant, thus increasing prices. Go go veto power!
So you mean to tell me that all the prepackaging of sub prime mortgage that started several years ago and has been building up and up has all happened since the democrats got a barely numeric majority?
If only things were as simple as you seem to think they are. Wouldn't that be nice. But its nice to see how their talking points and propaganda work on you!
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By lsivilichJuly 3, 2008 - 8:00am