http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/us...-be-legal.html

This is awesome!

Edit: Spelled publicly wrong. My bad.

lol election year
this doesn't mean anything

Politicians say a lot of things in order to get elected. What will happen is the LGBT community will be given equal rights but their marriage will not be called a marriage, rather a civil union.

I wouldnt say that supporting gay marriage is something that helps you get elected, especially in the states.

It's very controvertial I'd say, especially in the historically-republican states like Texas and others in the deep south. It helps him in the more-democratic states like NY and california (!?) which also happen to have a higher LGBT population and so gains their vote pretty much automatically but it's gonna be tough to tell how this plays out in the other states like ohio.

tl;dr good for him in the more-LGBT states (which, coinsidentally, have more voters) but deadly in the deep south and more-republican states

I think it was definitely the right thing to do, to support this issue, especially after what just happened in North Carolina. I really don't understand how gay marriage is still even an issue, what's love is love, and I fully support gay marriage being legal.

Politically speaking though im excited to see how this will play our for Obama, like drpatel said, it's a pretty bold move, and I really hope that it works in his favour.

The only thing he could have done tbh.

The religious right already thinks he's satan, so he already knows they'll never vote for him, and disagreeing with them on another issue doesn't matter, he'll never have their votes.

It's a good move to do considering the majority of the liberal community that is in support of same-sex marriage has been on his ass for the last presidential term to make him stand by a statement on the issue. This solidifies that fact and ratifies potential voters that were on the fence, to vote for him.

Plus, young voters overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage, and although young folks don't usually vote, all they need is passion to get them going (See the first 12 hours after KONY 2012 happened haha) and this issue certainly brings this to light.


It's obviously a political tactic to get votes since in recent polls 50% of the U.S. approves same-sex marriage, but at the same time, he's obviously on the right side of history and civil liberties(womens rights -> african american rights -> gay rights) so this is an amazing thing to see during our generation.

I don't care if he's doing it for the wrong reasons, i just want to see some progress in our sad little world.

"...the most contentious and politically charged social issues of the day."

I find this totally ridiculous. This species is stoopid.
Pretty predictable endorcement, and it certainly is genuine, so thats all that matters

Originally Posted by adaptation

The only thing he could have done tbh.

The religious right already thinks he's satan, so he already knows they'll never vote for him, and disagreeing with them on another issue doesn't matter, he'll never have their votes.

It's a good move to do considering the majority of the liberal community that is in support of same-sex marriage has been on his ass for the last presidential term to make him stand by a statement on the issue. This solidifies that fact and ratifies potential voters that were on the fence, to vote for him.

Plus, young voters overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage, and although young folks don't usually vote, all they need is passion to get them going (See the first 12 hours after KONY 2012 happened haha) and this issue certainly brings this to light.


It's obviously a political tactic to get votes since in recent polls 50% of the U.S. approves same-sex marriage, but at the same time, he's obviously on the right side of history and civil liberties(womens rights -> african american rights -> gay rights) so this is an amazing thing to see during our generation.

I don't care if he's doing it for the wrong reasons, i just want to see some progress in our sad little world.

Couldn't have summed up what's going on any better!

http://gawker.com/5909002/barack-oba...e-announcement

A bit volatile, but shows how important it is to be critical of what politicians say.

Like others have said, this is simply a political move.

It doesn't matter whether the President supports gay-marriage or not...same-sex marriage laws are determined at the state level.

US citizens shouldn't base their vote on whether Obama/Romney supports gay marriage or not. Unfortunately, there will be many idiots that will.

And why is that everyone here, seems to think that same sex marriage should be legalized?

Originally Posted by Thinker

And why is that everyone here, seems to think that same sex marriage should be legalized?

Of course! To further save humanity, i suggest renaming our genus to Hetero sapiens.

Originally Posted by adaptation

Of course! To further save humanity, i suggest renaming our genus to Hetero sapiens.

yea sure, but I don't think name matters. What matters is what you are and not what you feel you are

Originally Posted by Thinker

And why is that everyone here, seems to think that same sex marriage should be legalized?
If everyone marries into the same sex, then it will lead to the end of humans as we know it

for someone called 'thinker' you don't seem to do much of it. don't suppose you've heard of sperm donors or IVF? If everyone in the world married the same sex, that does not mean that women would not want to have children, nor that men would not be willing to donate their sperm to have children. also, legalizing gay marriage will not make the entire world homosexual anyways.