Traditional Marriage Explained
[via Buzzfeed]
While we’re on the subject…. when is Obama going to wake up and smell the decade? We need some leadership on this issue. Thus far, he sounds a lot like Bush on the gay mariage issue: “I’m a Christian…. my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.”
Perhaps he should take note of Hillary’s latest statement on the matter and stop playing politics on human rights. More after the jump:
Clinton: June 2009
In Recognition of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month 2009
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
June 1, 2009
Forty years ago this month, the gay rights movement began with the Stonewall riots in New York City, as gays and lesbians demanded an end to the persecution they had long endured. Now, after decades of hard work, the fight has grown into a global movement to achieve a world in which all people live free from violence and fear, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
In honor of Gay and Lesbian Pride Month and on behalf of the State Department, I extend our appreciation to the global LGBT community for its courage and determination during the past 40 years, and I offer our support for the significant work that still lies ahead.
At the State Department and throughout the Administration, we are grateful for our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees in Washington and around the world. They and their families make many sacrifices to serve our nation. Their contributions are vital to our efforts to establish stability, prosperity and peace worldwide.
Human rights are at the heart of those efforts. Gays and lesbians in many parts of the world live under constant threat of arrest, violence, even torture. The persecution of gays and lesbians is a violation of human rights and an affront to human decency, and it must end. As Secretary of State, I will advance a comprehensive human rights agenda that includes the elimination of violence and discrimination against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Though the road to full equality for LGBT Americans is long, the example set by those fighting for equal rights in the United States gives hope to men and women around the world who yearn for a better future for themselves and their loved ones.
This June, let us recommit ourselves to achieving a world in which all people can live in safety and freedom, no matter who they are or whom they love.
Yes, let’s give a month to the gays just like we gave a month to the blacks. There, civil rights solved again, drinks are on me guys!
Has anyone ever considered that maybe that actually IS Obama’s view on gay marriage? I don’t agree with it, but why is everyone acting so surprised? He was very clear on the issue during the campaign, we voted for him anyway. We all assumed it was political posturing but is it so hard to believe that he actually feels that way? We can’t keep expecting Obama to be a liberal avenging angel – he never pretended to be one.
He did pretend. He’s a liar on all fronts. A much more polished and convincing liar than Bush. And therefore worse.
wtf is clinton gone insane???
The real question is- when are idealist, impatient windbags like you going to wake up and smell the strategy?
The reason we have him in office and thus able to handle any liberal agenda at all is because he was able to get cross-constituency votes, and he’ll need them again to get re-elected. You deal with the polarizing hot-button issues in your second term, when you don’t have to worry about re-election.
He’ll do it, when it’s strategically optimal to. So chill out already. You don’t get all issues handled overnight, please be an adult and have a little patience. What, you really think Obama of all people is a homophobe at heart? Seriously? C’mon.
Looks like someone needs to actually read the Bible, and perhaps not as literal as shown. I’m not going one way over the other, just don’t misquote the Bible. No one is misquoting Cosmo, leave the Bibles to those who choose to believe it. Those who don’t stick to whatever the heck you do.