Obama supports gay marriage, taking a risky stand
As Bill Maher said on twitter (@billmaher):
I predict Obama coming out for#GayMarriage will help his re-election cuz it will make Repubs defend bigotry which will energize Dem's base
People will support a candidate that stands for something. Do you think LBJ's advisors were telling him to support the Civil Rights Act? I doubt it. It was a political risk but a stance that had to be taken ... as is this one. History will not look kindly upon those on the wrong side.
This is perfect because it forces the Right to defend the indefensible. At best
they appear as religious zealots. At worst ... out-of-touch bigots. And I don't believe that this is going to cost the votes that some people think it will. Those strongest in opposition of gay marriage were the type of voters that would not have voted for Obama anyway. And despite the tendency of Black and Hispanic voters to generally be against gay marriage, this is hardly the issue that would push them into the "reed-in-the-wind" Romney camp. Romney ... who has never had an opinion on anything.
Taking a principled stand is what the base of the Democratic Party has been looking for Obama to do. Everything doesn't have to be politically calculated. Take a stand, goddamn it! People want to be inspired, not lulled to sleep.
2 comments:
Abso-freakin'-lutely! We need only give these troglodytes an excuse to spout their hate-mongering nonsense and smart, sensible, humane people will recoil. The modern Republican party (well, and a lot of its past) is a lunatic fringe.
It's gratifying that this is at least one issue that rational people have seemed to turn the corner on over the last few years.
One still holds out hope for all the other issues (global warming, science, etc.), though.
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