Matt disagrees with me about Obama’s incoherent position on marriage equality: I can’t peer into Obama’s mind and see what he’s thinking, but this looks like a political strategy rather than a logically coherent set of statements. Contra Andrew, I don’t think chalking this up to "cowardice" is the most reasonable interpretation. If you want … Continue reading Obama’s Marriage Cowardice, Ctd.
I’m afraid it’s hopelessly muddled. Josh Patashnik does his best here to rebut Ramesh Ponnuru’s assertion that "the only way to square [Obama’s positions on same-sex marriage] would be for Obama to say that he opposes same-sex marriage as a religious or moral matter, but supports it as public policy. He is, that is, ‘personally … Continue reading Obama’s Marriage Cowardice, Ctd.
Stephen Miller and Virginia Postrel note Obama’s relative reticence on the California initiative against marriage equality. Steve is wrong in as much as Obama has publicly opposed it, if in a mealy-mouthed fashion. But Obama, like Clinton and McCain, sadly opposes full gay equality. He’s not a foe like Bush who wanted to marginalize gay couples in the very constitution of the country. And he does support federal civil unions (although I might as well say I don’t think he’ll deliver on this).
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