Obama throws teh Gheys under the rainbow VW microbus.

[thundley4]

markpkessinger (755 posts)             Tue Jun-21-11 03:27 PM
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Sam Stein (HuffPo): Obama Believes Gay Marriage 'Best Addressed By The States': WH Official   
   
Edited on Tue Jun-21-11 03:31 PM by markpkessinger
States' rights -- from the nation's first black president. You just can't make this stuff up.

"Although the President believes that this is an issue best addressed by the states, he also firmly believes that committed gay and lesbian couples should receive equal protection under the law," the official said.

Respect for states' rights with regards to marriage is a position shared by many prominent officials and politicians, including Republicans like Dick Cheney. While it falls far short of a full-throated endorsement of same-sex marriage -- a gap that will keep LGBT activists rankled -- as it comes just days before Thursday gala, the White House official's statement offers both an indication of where Obama's evolution currently stands and a hint as to how the president will handle the inquiries that will be coming his way.

Obama is reportedly looking for politically comfortable ways to take a more open stance on same-sex marriage. Stressing states' rights, with a basic federal guarantee of benefits for same-sex couples, could be the path he's looking for.


Read full article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/white-house-ob...

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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts)             Tue Jun-21-11 03:30 PM
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1. Making the tough decision, as usual. The buck stops...somewhere else. n/t

me b zola   (1000+ posts)             Tue Jun-21-11 03:31 PM
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3. Can you imagine Obama as president if civil rights had been handled this way?
   
Yeah, there wouldn't have been a president Obama

Being teh Ghey is in no way comparable to being different skin colored.

Brianboru (220 posts)           Tue Jun-21-11 03:45 PM
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13. Great observation. 0bama is spending too much time golfing
   
His brain has gone soft.

This mole is not long for the DUmp.

gratuitous   (1000+ posts)           Tue Jun-21-11 03:33 PM
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4. Uh, you can't have equal protection with unequal laws
   
But I'm sure that this pronouncement is the most sensible and reasonable formulation, and besides, if President Obama came right out and endorsed same sex marriage, can you imagine how many votes he would lose from people who would cut off their hand before casting a ballot for him? You libruls are just a bunch of latte-sipping pony lovers, that's all you are!

Unvanguard (1000+ posts)             Tue Jun-21-11 03:37 PM
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6. Forget "best," same-sex marriage is necessarily addressed by states.
   
Edited on Tue Jun-21-11 03:39 PM by Unvanguard
This is just another evasion. He should be glad that that's the case; it keeps him from having to offer a more concrete answer.

You mean like he voted "present" when he was a senator?

[franksolich]

You know, I got nothing against gays, but I do have a lot against gay primitives on Skins's island.

I wish either my fellow alum Skins would ban them all, or all of them just packed up their bags and swam away.

The problems, real and alleged, the gay primitives have pale in comparison with the problems in the real, much larger, world outside of gaity.

[Ralph Wiggum]

And a DUmmy states exactly what we keep saying about them:

justiceischeap  (1000+ posts)        Tue Jun-21-11 04:02 PM
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25. I'm gonna have to hold my nose to vote for him again.
 I hate that I have to put aside my fight for equality for the better of the nation. I hate voting against my own well-being.

[Karin]

Oh boy, the Obama hate is white hot in that thread. 

[Boudicca]

You know, I got nothing against gays, but I do have a lot against gay primitives on Skins's island.

I wish either my fellow alum Skins would ban them all, or all of them just packed up their bags and swam away.

The problems, real and alleged, the gay primitives have pale in comparison with the problems in the real, much larger, world outside of gaity.

I've never encountered a group of people so ecstatic to be enraged over everything.  The only thing that makes them happier than bashing corporations, the (non-Democrat) rich, and decent, hardworking conservative Americans is beating everyone else over the head with their superduper overprivileged victim status.

Don't know about youall, but I've seen quite a bit of oneupmanship over there as to which group has bragging rights to the title of "Most Oppressed".  I'm voting for the LGBT crowd.  Actually, think I'll put it to a vote here, so we can all vote for our favorite DUmmie victim crowd.

[GOBUCKS]

I just don't see how a tiny handful of votes is worth the irritation of putting up with all these bitchy drama queens, and alienating countless normal people,  but that's the democrat party.
We don't call 'em DUmmies for nothing.

[franksolich]

Don't know about youall, but I've seen quite a bit of oneupmanship over there as to which group has bragging rights to the title of "Most Oppressed".  I'm voting for the LGBT crowd.  Actually, think I'll put it to a vote here, so we can all vote for our favorite DUmmie victim crowd.

Do that, madam, please, post a poll on the subject.

And I'll "sticky" to the top.

I dunno what options you'd give, as to groups, because the unwarranted despondency of the gay primitives is so overwhelming I can't possibly think of any other group of primitives on Skins's island to include.  They're the most oppressed, the most maltreated, the most disrespected people in the whole entire world, according to the gay primitives.

[Boudicca]

Do that, madam, please, post a poll on the subject.

And I'll "sticky" to the top.

I dunno what options you'd give, as to groups, because the unwarranted despondency of the gay primitives is so overwhelming I can't possibly think of any other group of primitives on Skins's island to include.  They're the most oppressed, the most maltreated, the most disrespected people in the whole entire world, according to the gay primitives.

Just posted a poll, frank.  Please feel free to edit it if you find it too cumbersome.

[DumbAss Tanker]

The wheels on Teh Bus go

Thump-thump-crunch, thump-thump-crunch

The wheels on Teh Bus go

Thump-thump-crunch, along Obama's way!

 

[JohnnyReb]

Obama throws teh Gheys under the rainbow VW microbus.....they won't be lonely under there.

[Vagabond]

Brianboru (220 posts)           Tue Jun-21-11 03:45 PM
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13. Great observation. 0bama is spending too much time golfing
   
His brain has gone soft.

I once knew a fool that went by the same moniker on the net.  He built a guild on Asheron's Call way back when.  The guild had a get together in his hometown.  Several couples including his next door neighbors showed up.  He had sex with a wife that wasn't his at the gathering, the fool woman thought he was in love with her and promptly made a huge scene, which resulted in the fact he was also sleeping with his neighbor's wife coming out. 

If it's the same dude, he'll fit right  in at the DUmp.

[Ballygrl]

Brianboru (220 posts)           Tue Jun-21-11 03:45 PM
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13. Great observation. 0bama is spending too much time golfing
   
His brain has gone soft.

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[thundley4]

Brianboru was an example I used as how not to be a mole.

[ChuckJ]

I hi-5ed you just for putting 'microbus' in the title. Maybe it's from the old, old song "Convoy" but every time I think of a microbus I think of hippies.