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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: BannedFromDU on May 09, 2012, 06:16:41 PM
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brettdale (6,884 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
President Obama Best president ever
What a great and proud day to be if your an American.
Yeah, I think I'll favor what Reagan DID over what 0bama SAID. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002666580)
Just goes to show you: DU really is a one-issue constituency.
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Got news for you, DUmb****s . . .
Barack Obama’s Bullshit Gay Marriage Announcement
ABC News has only released one brief clip of Obama's conversation about gay marriage today, but it seems fairly clear from the network's coverage that his announcement amounts to much less than meets the eye. He now believes that gay couples should be able to marry. He doesn't believe they have a right to do so. This is like saying that black children and white children ought to attend the same schools, but if the people of Alabama reject that notion—what are you gonna do?
The key language in the ABC News write-up is this:
The president stressed that this is a personal position, and that he still supports the concept of states deciding the issue on their own.
On this afternoon's special broadcast, Jake Tapper echoed that point: "The president said he thought this was a state-by-state issue."
Well, before Roe v. Wade, abortion was a state-by-state issue, too. So was slavery. There are 44 states in which gay men and women are currently barred from marrying one another. Obama's position is that, while he would have voted the other way, those 44 states are perfectly within their rights to arbitrarily restrict the access of certain individuals to marriage rights based solely on their sexual orientation.
The rest is here: http://gawker.com/5909002/barack-obamas-bullshit-gay-marriage-announcement#13366064585933&
Anyway, the very next line of the story gives Gawker's assessment. :fuelfire:
ETA: The link works on the first time I post it, or edit it. I know that it won't work now. I don't know what to do. Mods?