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In reply to the discussion: President Obama Affirms His Support for Same Sex Marriage [View all]napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)Politically I think its a win. There's a whole lot of people out there who don't want to be told what to think, they tolerate hardcore fundamentalists and the like so long as they don't try to take control and tell them what to think. They basically don't spend a lot of time worrying about gay issues either. If Republicans really mount a huge counter offensive to this, it will be coming from an evangelical angle, and that just doesn't play right now.
But it doesn't matter either way. The real point is, I think ethically, morally its a win. The idea that leadership has something to do with obsessing on gay people and how they live their lives is exactly everything that's wrong in this country. Standing up for the right thing is standing up for the right thing.