{"id":4248,"date":"2008-03-24T13:05:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T20:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/24\/obama-suggests-equal-marriage-rights-is-too-trivial-to-argue-about\/"},"modified":"2008-03-24T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T20:24:57","slug":"obama-suggests-equal-marriage-rights-is-too-trivial-to-argue-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4248","title":{"rendered":"Obama Suggests Equal Marriage Rights Is Too Trivial To Argue About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), speaking to<\/a> rally attendees in Medford, Oregon on Saturday, took issue with how recent political campaigns have used wedge issues to divide the electorate, but have ultimately done little to make a real difference, especially when there are more important things to worry about.<\/p>\n

“I mean, think about what these last few election cycles have been about,” the Senator said. “We argue about immigration, but we don’t try to solve the immigration problem. It’s an argument that is all about people’s passions instead of trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n

“We argue about gay marriage. You know, in the meantime the planet is, you know, potentially being destroyed. We’ve got a war that is bankrupting us. And we’re going to argue about gay marriage? I mean, that doesn’t make any sense.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have three responses to Obama:<\/p>\n

1) It’s not an either-or choice.<\/strong> Caring passionately about equal marriage rights doesn’t preclude me from caring passionately about Iraq, or about the environment.<\/p>\n

2) It’s too easy for heterosexuals to decide that equal legal rights for lesbians and gays is trivial.<\/strong> Obama has never been treated as a second-class citizen because of his choice of life partner. He doesn’t have to worry about whether the hospital will acknowlege him as a relative if Michelle is injured or sick. He doesn’t have to worry about his two girls receiving the message that their family is less legitimate and real than their peers’ families because of the sexes of their parents.<\/p>\n

So of course he sees the issue as trivial. But that doesn’t mean it is.<\/p>\n

3) Fuck you, Barack Obama.<\/strong> Seriously.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

P.S. And a word to Clinton supporters: Try not to get smug over this. Clinton never has and never will lift a finger to support equal marriage rights for lesbians and gays, and she never will (until she retires from politics, a la Al Gore<\/a>.) Clinton and Obama both suck on this regard.<\/p>\n

But unless Obama clarifies his statement, I think he’s the suckier of the two.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: By the way, an anti-gay-marriage constitutional amendment, which is worded so broadly that it would probably effect civil unions, just passed out of committee in the Pennsylvania Senate<\/a>. Since both Clinton and Obama are very concerned with Pennsylvania right now, let’s see if either of them has the guts to speak out against this. I bet that neither of them will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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