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The President Officially Supports Same-Sex Marriage! [3]

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wildswan

I'm lost

June 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:06 PM

Finally:

In an ABC interview, President Obama has given his official support for a fundamental right LGBT persons should have.

Kudos, sir.

Let the shitstorm begin.

Coyotemike

USA

May 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:11 PM

wildswan said:
Finally:

In an ABC interview, President Obama has given his official support for a fundamental right LGBT persons should have.

Kudos, sir.

Let the shitstorm begin.

About damn time.

wildswan

I'm lost

June 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:16 PM

I know, right?!

Coyotemike

USA

May 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:18 PM

wildswan said:
I know, right?!

I look forward to the shitstorm. I've been annoyed lately, and I need an outlet. At least the anti-gay creeps deserve my ire.

wildswan

I'm lost

June 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:24 PM

I just got into a big fight with a cousin on FB for saying he wasn't homophobic and then launching into an anti-gay diatribe, replete with the use of the word "faggotry."

We all have to stand up for what is simply the right thing.

J24U

Danvers, MA

February 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:31 PM

wildswan said:
I just got into a big fight with a cousin on FB for saying he wasn't homophobic and then launching into an anti-gay diatribe, replete with the use of the word "faggotry."

We all have to stand up for what is simply the right thing.

An event like this is excellent for showing us the people who truly don't deserve our time and attention in life.

cpkz

Portland, OR

September 2006

MAY 09, 2012 12:49 PM

wildswan said:
I just got into a big fight with a cousin on FB for saying he wasn't homophobic and then launching into an anti-gay diatribe, replete with the use of the word "faggotry."

We all have to stand up for what is simply the right thing.

I'm waiting for someone to do that so I can flip out on them.

mildots

Montserrat

September 2007

MAY 09, 2012 12:58 PM

Coyotemike said:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

About damn time.

Exactly!!

Clidna

Canada

January 2005

MAY 09, 2012 02:01 PM

The Fox News version:

They've apparently changed the headline already

Clio

SUICIDEGIRL

Netherlands

MAY 09, 2012 02:16 PM

Clidna said:
The Fox News version:

They've apparently changed the headline already

What an idiotic statement.

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

MAY 09, 2012 02:55 PM

Clidna said:
The Fox News version:

They've apparently changed the headline already

At a glance, I just assumed that was Onion-style satire.

Damn.

wildswan

I'm lost

June 2006

MAY 09, 2012 03:06 PM

That's how Fox rolls.

Coyotemike

USA

May 2006

MAY 09, 2012 03:19 PM

Clidna said:
The Fox News version:

They've apparently changed the headline already

Also, the article comments actually got bad enough that fox shut them down.

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA

March 2004

MAY 09, 2012 03:25 PM

Shep Smith is tearing it up over there. First he welcomed Obama to the 21st century (ouch), then asked Bret Baier how it feels to be on the wrong side of history.

Iron_Lion

Burlington, NC

August 2008

MAY 09, 2012 03:39 PM

Doing this BEFORE the vote in NC yesterday may have impressed me more.
Still glad someone in power had the balls to say it. The rednecks and bible thumpers with be out in droves to vote against him around here though. lol

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

MAY 09, 2012 03:47 PM

motorfirebox said:
Shep Smith is tearing it up over there. First he welcomed Obama to the 21st century (ouch), then asked Bret Baier how it feels to be on the wrong side of history.

Yet again proving that we need to pool resources and rescue Shep from Fox News.

Rory_B_Bellows

Dallas, TX

April 2007

MAY 09, 2012 03:48 PM

Iron_Lion said:
Still glad someone in power had the balls to say it. The rednecks and bible thumpers with be out in droves to vote against him around here though. lol

Pretty sure they were gonna do that anyway.

Clidna

Canada

January 2005

MAY 09, 2012 03:52 PM

I found this touching:

George Takei said:

MY RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

In A Historic Announcement, And On The Heels of A Painful Defeat in North Carolina, President Obama Announced His Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Today marks the first time in history a President of the United States has stated his support for marriage equality. I am thrilled by this news, and I commend the President for taking what many pundits inevitably will say was an “unnecessary” risk in an election year. Such an assessment, however, sadly only underscores the second-class status many LGBT Americans experience daily, knowing that their rights and lives are nothing more than a political tool to be hauled out to rally the base, for or against.

It is time to stop the politics and address the basic question of fairness, for that is what this is about. We cannot say we are a nation that stands for equality, while in the same breath denying basic rights of happiness, financial parity, and state-recognized companionship to millions. Nor can we any longer trot out the tired notion that civil unions and marriages are the same. For if they were, we would not call them by different names. Separate can never be equal–a lesson we learned during the Civil Rights era that we have yet to apply to the struggle for LGBT rights today.

The President has done the right thing, and history will remember him for it. But for today, I am all smiles. On behalf of the LGBT community, and all those who support our cause, thank you, President Obama.

Today, I can proudly feel wholly American.

–George Takei

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA

March 2004

MAY 09, 2012 03:58 PM

Clidna said:
I found this touching:

George Takei said:

MY RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

In A Historic Announcement, And On The Heels of A Painful Defeat in North Carolina, President Obama Announced His Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Today marks the first time in history a President of the United States has stated his support for marriage equality. I am thrilled by this news, and I commend the President for taking what many pundits inevitably will say was an “unnecessary” risk in an election year. Such an assessment, however, sadly only underscores the second-class status many LGBT Americans experience daily, knowing that their rights and lives are nothing more than a political tool to be hauled out to rally the base, for or against.

It is time to stop the politics and address the basic question of fairness, for that is what this is about. We cannot say we are a nation that stands for equality, while in the same breath denying basic rights of happiness, financial parity, and state-recognized companionship to millions. Nor can we any longer trot out the tired notion that civil unions and marriages are the same. For if they were, we would not call them by different names. Separate can never be equal–a lesson we learned during the Civil Rights era that we have yet to apply to the struggle for LGBT rights today.

The President has done the right thing, and history will remember him for it. But for today, I am all smiles. On behalf of the LGBT community, and all those who support our cause, thank you, President Obama.

Today, I can proudly feel wholly American.

–George Takei

That's so Takei.

wildswan

I'm lost

June 2006

MAY 09, 2012 04:56 PM

Correction:

wildswan said:
That's how Fox trolls.

Coyotemike

USA

May 2006

MAY 09, 2012 05:25 PM

In related news, all straight people's marriages were dissolved today.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

MAY 09, 2012 05:49 PM

Coyotemike said:
In related news, all straight people's marriages were dissolved today.

Rick Santorum divorced his wife & married his dog at gunpoint from SEAL Team 6.

DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, MR. PRESIDENT?!

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

MAY 09, 2012 07:16 PM

Oh hell, I'll say it here too.

Ten years ago, barely a third of Americans supported marriage equality. Today, the President of the United States joined the clear majority of his fellow citizens who believe in the right of everyone to marry the person of their choosing. That's progress. That's change. On the one hand, it takes some small part of the sting out of yesterday. On the other, it also reminds us that we are on the right side of history, and we're going to win.

FreakPirate

Canada

November 2002

MAY 09, 2012 07:54 PM

motorfirebox said:
Shep Smith is tearing it up over there. First he welcomed Obama to the 21st century (ouch), then asked Bret Baier how it feels to be on the wrong side of history.

pascipio

Irving, TX

July 2002

MAY 09, 2012 08:35 PM

The political fallout will probably be negligible.

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