President Obama Flip-Flops on DOMA Again!!!

Only a year ago, we all thought where Barack Obama stood on gay issues and we cheered and stood behind him and supported him along the road to the presidency. Now a year later you try to get Barack Obama to talk about where he stands on these same issues and you get silence.

And us (the LGBTQ community) stand also in silence trying to understand exactly the Obama Administration really stands on whether gays and lesbians should enjoy equal marriage rights. We all know that the President has stated his opposition to marriage equality many times in the past. He also stated that he was going to overturn DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) when he became President, yet it is still in effect.

Lets look at some of the things he has done that confuse me;

First, he invited a singer named Donnie McClurkin to perform at some of his events. Donnie is very vocal that he believes that homosexuality can be changed by praying to Jesus Christ. I just want to say that homosexuality isn’t something one can change about yourself. You can try and pretend that you are no longer gay, but that is all you are doing, PRETENDING!!!!

Next, you got the Administration who represent President Obama. They showed their true colors right after Obama was elected President and a gay couple from California sued to have DOMA overturned. The Obama Administration defended the law by stating that “courts have widely held that certain marriages performed elsewhere need not be given effect, because they conflicted with … public policy.” The Justice Department then offered some examples: “marriage of uncle to niece” and “marriage of first cousins.” When I heard these examples, my jaw hit the floor. The love of two consenting adults of the same sex was being compared to incest (well at least we moved up from bestiality). My second thought was that the comment about “marriage of uncle to niece” is about heterosexual marriages and then should be used as an example of why heterosexual marriages should be outlawed.

Then this week, President Obama’s Administration released a new legal brief, where Mr. Obama flip-flops again – now he is back on the side of his original campaign promises. The Administration that compared us to people who would commit incest, now states that they oppose DOMA and want to have it over turned. Why did Obama have the Department of Justice defend the DOMA case in the first place. There is nothing in the constitution or even a law that would have prevented them from sitting on the sidelines in that case. It all is part of the game called Politics. . .

Obama needs to watch his flip-flopping on big issues like this, because when it comes time for him to raise political donations; he will lose his standing among the rich homosexuals who once backed him. So a word to the wise Obama, pick a side and stick to it. You will never please everyone.

MJ

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