President Obama Clarifies His Views (FINALLY!)

Posted: May 9, 2012 in Politics and Leadership
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President Obama’s campaign logo with a rainbow added in. If that doesn’t signify support of gay rights, I don’t know what does.

Well, it’s official folks: President Barack Obama has fully endorsed gay marriage (correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure he’s the first US president in history to do so). Can I just say, Hallelujah! As someone who has gay family members and who believes all people should be treated fairly and not discriminated against just because of something in their genetics, I think this has been long overdue, but hey, better late than never. Who knew that all it would take to get him to say “yes” to gay marriage and gay rights was Joe Biden saying he felt “comfortable” with people of the same sex getting married?

We’ve come a long way in the past two decades, longer than I’ve been around actually, on the subject of gay rights. In just a few short years, most Americans are supportive of the LGBT community, and as time goes on I think this support is only going to increase, while voices who oppose LGBTers will be marginalized in society. So to President Obama, thanks for finally giving the LGBT community your support. And to anyone reading this post who is LGBT or knows someone who is, let’s continue to fight for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders everywhere until their rights can no longer be denied across the nation.

Oh, speaking of gay marriage, I just remembered something: tonight, there’s a new episode of Law & Order: SVU involving attacks on gays, and somehow Detective Fin Tutuola’s son, who is openly gay and supposed to be getting married, ties into it. Talk about great timing, huh?

Comments
  1. One thing that’s always impressed me about Obama is that he really seems to stick to his principles, at least by US political standards.

    • Yeah he does, at least 95% of the time (there was that thing with the offshore drilling before the gulf oil spill, but that’s about it). Other than that one time, he’s stuck to his guns, and it’s worked for him.

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