Obama accepts being Gay !

[slowhandlukem]

http://gma.yahoo.com/obama-announces-his-support-for-same-sex-marriage.html


I have no words for this.Bible gone,constitution gone,yet we sit and watch it all
being taken away..New Zealand is looking better all the time....

 

[JWG223]

http://gma.yahoo.com/obama-announces-his-support-for-same-sex-marriage.html


I have no words for this.Bible gone,constitution gone,yet we sit and watch it all
being taken away..New Zealand is looking better all the time....

Of course he does. It is now the most popular stance to take. He has done this his entire career. Do whatever gets votes. If it's 51+% popular, he's 99% likely to adopt it as his own.

Realistically though, who cares whether gay marriage is legal or not? What exactly is this going to change? Are straight people going to suddenly turn gay? The only thing I see is that a tax structure change will occur for what, 10%-ish of the population who wishes to marry? I think roommates should get similar tax status as married couples whether they are romantically inclined or not, so I certainly have nothing against gay people who want to take advantage of same.

 

[lilshaunsdad]

He will try and get votes any way he can.

 

[Russo]

if he really gave a flip about homosexuals, he would remove all federal ties to marriage including tax deductions and incentives...

 

[JWG223]

if he really gave a flip about homosexuals, he would remove all federal ties to marriage including tax deductions and incentives...

Married couples get those (in my opinion) because of their smaller "footprint" on society, what with cohabitation and sometimes sharing a vehicle and all. I think anyone who co-habitates for more than a year should get those, be they college roommates, married, or whatever.

Of course, I probably missed the "real" reason for the tax deductions.

 

[JBE]

Amazing...

He finally decides that he supports it during an election year...

 

[Btl_Rkt_Sci]

I'll do everything in my power to keep my children from becoming gay, it's not a lifestyle I admire. However, if life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (and property) are inalienable rights, it's up the the individual to decide what makes them happy and unconstitutional for the government to deny this.

Because marriage (from a legal aspect) is sanctioned by governments, gay people are looking to have the ability to gain that blessing. In the truest form of liberty, you wouldn't need the government's buy-in to be married anyway, the government's sole purpose would be to ensure your freedom to do so (and do some record-keeping I suppose).

 

[JWG223]

I'll do everything in my power to keep my children from becoming gay, it's not a lifestyle I admire. However, if life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (and property) are inalienable rights, it's up the the individual to decide what makes them happy and unconstitutional for the government to deny this.

Because marriage (from a legal aspect) is sanctioned by governments, gay people are looking to have the ability to gain that blessing. In the truest form of liberty, you wouldn't need the government's buy-in to be married anyway, the government's sole purpose would be to ensure your freedom to do so (and do some record-keeping I suppose).

+1

I don't think gay people are "wired the same", though. No law is going to change how you're wired. All of the gays I have known are wired uniquely. Trying to outlaw it would be like trying to outlaw Type A personality or something. You're kids aren't going to "catch the gay" or some crap.

 

[Btl_Rkt_Sci]

+1

I don't think gay people are "wired the same", though. No law is going to change how you're wired. All of the gays I have known are wired uniquely. Trying to outlaw it would be like trying to outlaw Type A personality or something. You're kids aren't going to "catch the gay" or some crap.

"catch the gay"

 

[charliepapa]

I'm not sure why, other than to the extent that fed income tax is concerned, the president's opinion even makes a damn. if the gov't at any level needs to become involved, it should be the state. isn't the state the entity issuing licenses?

 

[GunRelated]

What I have a problem with is gay couples, being married, would be legally able to adopt. I find this disturbing, every other aspect I have not a problem with.

 

[Yrdawg]

Fag marriage isn't any more wrong than abortion and most Christians swallow that hook line and sinker...legslating according to the Bible is no better than moozlums who want their religion to be in charge

 

[Nevarwinter]

someone hit th enail on the head up above. "During an election year."

Either way, I would hate to think we need a federal government big enough to tell others to live how to live their lives.

 

[oleheat]

Word is The Village People have been invited to the White House.....

 

[returningliberty]

Why is this news? A free people don't need the government's Permission to get married! Marriage is a contract between 3 parties: God, Husband, Wife. Where exactly does the government fit into that? Oh ya, it injects itself into the mix so it can regulate marriage licenses. A Free people would be demanding the gilovernment get out of our damn business when it comes to our own living arrangements, gays included. Who they want to get married to is none of our business. A repeal of the income tax, or at least a flat tax with zero deductions would make this so much easier to do.

 

[jopete]

screw them fudgepackers, keep the DEBT of our nation and the ECONEMY as issue #1.

anything else is just fodder for the weak minded.

 

[Russo]

screw them fudgepackers, keep the DEBT of our nation and the ECONEMY as issue #1.

anything else is just fodder for the weak minded.

all of the non-social problems in this country could be solved if we had a gold/silver standard...

 

[Cat]

It's all about rights, ya'll.

A lot of people in our country that would dance on George Washington's grave to remove our guns. Do we appreciate it when someone who doesn't particular LIKE guns, still agrees that we have a right to own one?


I won't fight tooth and nail for my idea of what I should and shouldn't be able to do, and assume I also have the right to tell others what they can and cannot do.

 

[sandman7925]

Let the gays marry, don't care.


Besides, Obama had their vote anyways

 

[BRitchieLCK]

Walton and Johnson once said "why not gays deserve to be miserable like the rest of married people" lol.