Obama Comes Full Circle

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American Spectator:

In yet another move designed to distract attention from his abysmal record, the sluggish recovery, and continuing dismal unemployment data, President Obama confirmed what anyone who paid any attention to his actions and past statements already knew: the president supports same-sex "marriage."

Mr. Obama's historic announcement is a watershed moment for the nation. Across cultures and throughout history, marriage between a man and a woman has been, as Cicero put it, the "first bond of society." Never before has a president endorsed a position that would so "fundamentally transform" America. But wait, that is what he promised to do in his 2008 campaign. His first term as president has been evidence of fundamental alteration of the basic aspects of American culture and society. Some think that Vice President Biden jumped the gun -- that Mr. Obama might have preferred to time his announcement a bit differently. President Obama might possibly have preferred to wait until after his hoped-for re-election before publicly embracing such a controversial issue, but things are not going so well in his 2012 campaign, what with him drawing only half-full stadiums and lagging contributions. Plus, even Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post was calling the president "weak and evasive" as he tried to avoid stating the obvious.

It was an open secret that the president supported legalization of same-sex "marriage" -- on the record -- as early as 1996, so his comments about his position "evolving" put him in an untenably wishy-washy position vis-à-vis his LGBT supporters. Further, his 2010 statements about the "sacred" nature of marriage and the importance of God being "in the mix" ring hollow in light of his actions undermining marriage: He overturned "don't ask, don't tell," signed "hate crimes" legislation, stopped defending the Defense of Marriage Act, and extended domestic benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees. If he is re-elected, the sad undermining of holy matrimony and the disintegration of the family will continue until these pillars of American society shrivel into weak ruins of their former strength.

Clearly, the president had no choice but to "come out" for same-sex "marriage"; it had become a matter of character and integrity. Even his staunchest supporters were tired of the "wink-wink and nod-nod." Others believe the big announcement was carefully orchestrated. First, he sent out Vice President Biden to test the waters and extend the media life of his announcement. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, quickly chimed in to agree. David Axelrod, the president's campaign manager, affirmed that the president did, indeed, agree with the vice president. When the president spoke (typically, out of both sides of his mouth and trying to have it both ways), he also said it was a matter for the individual states (in conflict with his position of not enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act). And, of course, reporters like Amy Walter, ABC's political director, quickly declared the decision to be a personal one, not one with a "political agenda."

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Where Is The Balance?

 

 

Posted by Erick Erickson (Diary)

Friday, May 11th at 4:46AM EDT

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In the past week, I’ve been called a bigot, a hater, had people wish I died, and had people wish Christians had died, been rounded up and killed, or experienced their own personal holocaust.

All this came from proponents of gay marriage. The media won’t cover most of this. The media sees most stories as victims versus victimizers and those who support gay marriage are the victims. They get the positive media coverage.

In reality, though, throughout this week I’ve seen a number of Christians engaged in as much hate filled rhetoric as gay marriage proponents, including the pastor in North Carolina who encouraged parents to beat up their gay acting sons.

As a Christian, I cannot support gay marriage, nor can I accept practicing homosexuality as anything but a sin.

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