President
Barak Obama opposing legalization of same sex marriage on a federal level
however supporting civil unions and equal rights for same sex couples is a
little incoherent and not consistent. In other words Obama does not want gay
people to be allowed to get married, however, when gay people can be married
and people who dislike this try to take away this right, Obama doesn’t want the
right to be taken away. If the president is against gay marriage, he
contradicts himself by being against the amendments to ban gay marriage also.
It seems to me that he is trying to get on the good side of all of the citizens
that support or don’t support gay marriage.After hearing Nava and Dawidoff’s argument
that prohibiting same-sex marriage is a denial of the basic rights of gays and
lesbian who wish to marry, Obama might not really respond to the argument. The
argument was basically saying that gays want to have the same rights as
everyone else who is heterosexual and that they should be treated equally. I
feel like Obama is really trying to play the good guy by trying not to displease
anyone.
I agree with the fact that you believe that Obama is trying to play the good guy and not displease anyone. However, isn't that any good politicians' job, to earn the trust of the people? I think that he is not for or against gay marriage and by opposing marriage on a federal level he is still ensuring the "American family values" that people worry about. People worry about the whole country shifting into something that it is not and people are afraid of change. Obama and other semi-opposers may feel that gays should be allowed to marry, however, if they are marrying just for the love and a stable family then it should not be a prominent issue that they are not getting the same legal rights and it will be dealt with over time.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that President Barack Obama is not consistent with his beliefs. In my opinion, he seems to really support the idea of same-sex marriage and equal rights for homosexuals but just does not want to entirely represent a side of this argument since the issue is so blown up right now. He shows his stance on the issue by supporting civil unions and at least considers and accepts the idea of same-sex relationships. I also agree with you on Obama “trying to play the good guy” because it’s such a radical decision to either support or oppose it and then have to represent the whole country.
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