President Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

Wow! Another first.

So what. Stick issues that matter. Like the economy perhaps?

I wonder how many polls he looked at and how much analysis of the gay vote he did before making this political move.

Article [ap.org]

Obama voices his support for gay marriage


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.

"I have hesitated on gay marriage in part because I thought that civil unions would be sufficient," Obama said in an interview with ABC at the White House. He added that, "I was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word `marriage' was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth."

Now, he said, "it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be able to get married."

Obama's announcement cheered gay rights groups who have long urged him to support gay marriage. It also opened up a new area of disagreement with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage.

Polling suggests the nation is evenly divided on the issue.

While in previously he spoke out against it:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/polit...-on-mtv-i/

Quote from mohater : While in previously he spoke out against it: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/polit...-on-mtv-i/

His opposition was not that strong. But so what, once prejudiced, always prejudiced? People cannot improve?

Quote from TRNT : Article [ap.org] Obama voices his support for gay marriage WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage on Wednesday, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House. "I have hesitated on gay marriage in part because I thought that civil unions would be sufficient," Obama said in an interview with ABC at the White House. He added that, "I was sensitive to the fact that for a lot of people the word `marriage' was something that invokes very powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth." Now, he said, "it is important for me personally to go ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be able to get married." Obama's announcement cheered gay rights groups who have long urged him to support gay marriage. It also opened up a new area of disagreement with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who opposes gay marriage. Polling suggests the nation is evenly divided on the issue.

It is not evenly divided. Obama just wrote his death sentence. Swing states are gone now.

Pandering for votes.
He really doesn't need the extra votes so I'm not sure why he's doing it.
Perhaps he thinks it's the right thing to do, but I still think he's pandering.

Quote from TRNT : His opposition was not that strong.

Now that right there is what we would call a spin phrase. Kind of like mini scandal.

Quote from andyfico : Now that right there is what we would call a spin phrase. Kind of like mini scandal.

Indeed. But for me his opposition was not believable at any point.

Quote from Doctor_Wu : Indeed. But for me his opposition was not believable at any point.

Much of what politicians say is not believable for me anymore. I tend to focus on their actions and voting record rather than the sounds they make when their gums are flapping.

Quote from andyfico : Much of what politicians say is not believable for me anymore. I tend to focus on their actions and voting record rather than the sounds they make when their gums are flapping.

Yep....

In this case what he's saying is consistent with his actions.

Quote from andyfico : Much of what politicians say is not believable for me anymore. I tend to focus on their actions and voting record rather than the sounds they make when their gums are flapping.

was there a point when what politicians say were believable?