In the closing weeks of the mid-term campaign, President Obama—having lost the support of everyone else—has been strenuously campaigning to bring out the Democratic Party base, especially young liberals, black, Hispanic, and now gay voters. In the closing days of the campaign, he teased that he might consider revisiting at some point his opposition to marriage equality, maybe. After the election. Because, as he told liberal bloggers, “Attitudes evolve, including mine.”
Meanwhile, the Obama administration is busy appealing court decisions that found the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
More. Actually, Obama previously said he supported gay marriage when he first ran for Illinois state senate in 1996, but then discovered it was an affront to his deep religious faith in 2004 when, during his U.S. Senate run, he stated: “I’m a Christian…. I do believe that tradition and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.” He reiterated that position during his presidential run.
So, perhaps it might be more accurate to say his attitude could re-evolve (or just revolve).
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posted by Jorge on
“Obama deserves a lot of credit for his willingness to be open and recognize that views evolve,” he said. “He is clearly sending a signal. In the way these things are measured, this is 8.5 on the political Richter scale.”
vs.
“In the closing days of the campaign, he teased that he might consider revisiting at some point his opposition to marriage equality, maybe. After the election.”
Hmm.