I could very well be wrong on this, as it's just my impression, but the initial idea that Obama was "pro-gay" seemed to come more from the fact that he was not actively "anti-gay." In other words, he said that he would not make a federal ban against gay marriage; that was taken then out of context, despite the fact that he has said over and over that he does not support gay marriage. He never lied; quite honestly? I disagree with him on that (and I do on other things) but I'm not surprised. I never expected nor received any surprises and therefore, while I don't like the Warren situation, I'm also not disappointed in it merely because I had no false expectations. In this respect, Obama has always been the lesser of two evils. This was never going to be one of his "change[s] that we can believe in."
The fact is that, while we may have come some way in getting gay rights recognized, we have a very long way to go-- in much the same way that despite the end of slavery in the 1860s and civil rights in the 1950s and so forth, we've only now elected an African American president--and we still have a way to go before there can be true equality.
And that holds true across the board--there is still a long way to go before people of all ethnicities and races are equal to each other, there is still a long way to go before gender is not an issue, and there is a long way to go before sexuality (which, I could make an argument that is really about gender) is not an issue.
Obama is, in actuality, only a first step, and an imperfect one. He's still the best hope this country has right now, and while he won't be a champion of the cause, he's also not going to get in the way (and like I said, while I disagree about Warren, having Warren do the invocation does not qualify as actively supporting what Warren stands for).
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I could very well be wrong on this, as it's just my impression, but the initial idea that Obama was "pro-gay" seemed to come more from the fact that he was not actively "anti-gay." In other words, he said that he would not make a federal ban against gay marriage; that was taken then out of context, despite the fact that he has said over and over that he does not support gay marriage. He never lied; quite honestly? I disagree with him on that (and I do on other things) but I'm not surprised. I never expected nor received any surprises and therefore, while I don't like the Warren situation, I'm also not disappointed in it merely because I had no false expectations. In this respect, Obama has always been the lesser of two evils. This was never going to be one of his "change[s] that we can believe in."
The fact is that, while we may have come some way in getting gay rights recognized, we have a very long way to go-- in much the same way that despite the end of slavery in the 1860s and civil rights in the 1950s and so forth, we've only now elected an African American president--and we still have a way to go before there can be true equality.
And that holds true across the board--there is still a long way to go before people of all ethnicities and races are equal to each other, there is still a long way to go before gender is not an issue, and there is a long way to go before sexuality (which, I could make an argument that is really about gender) is not an issue.
Obama is, in actuality, only a first step, and an imperfect one. He's still the best hope this country has right now, and while he won't be a champion of the cause, he's also not going to get in the way (and like I said, while I disagree about Warren, having Warren do the invocation does not qualify as actively supporting what Warren stands for).