Forwards, Back

[browngirl]

North Carolina passed Amendment 1, which codifies bigotry into law and undoes existing familes by banning same-sex marriage and civil unions. OTOH, President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage (took him long enough) saying, "I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.'

(Concerning Amendment One, this excellent post reminds us not to engage in friendly fire.

Comments

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

I look at it from the point of view that Obama surely knows more about practical politics than I do... Especially since he didn't change any practical stance, there's no reason to make a symbolic announcement seven months before an election that would cost him votes. So I see the odds as being that it's likely to gain him votes.