Posted on 09/28/2015 3:45:34 AM PDT by markomalley
President Obama late Sunday predicted marriage equality probably won’t be an issue in the 2016 presidential race, saying the U.S. has “come too far” since the 2004 campaign.
"Tonight we live in an America where 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' is something that 'don't exist,' " he said to cheers and applause at the beginning of his remarks to a Democratic National Committee LGBT gala in New York, according to a reporter traveling with the president. The president told the audience that cynics who said change is “too messy” have been proven wrong time after time.
Obama also said that 2016 Republican presidential candidates probably won’t use marriage equality as a wedge issue.
"Now, look, for some Americans, there’s no doubt that this change has been a whirlwind. And we believe that these changes have been for the better," he said, adding that there are "still parts of the country that are getting there, but it's going to take some time."
Obama also said that religious freedom should be cherished.
“But we also have to say clearly that our religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights,” he added.
“We've got to keep striving every day to treat each other the way I believe God sees us, as equal in His eyes,” Obama said.
Obama called on the crowd to stand up to bigotry and stand up for freedom -- “not just our own freedom, but for everybody’s freedom.”
“We speak up to condemn hatred against anybody -- gay or straight, black or white, Christian, Muslim, Jew, non-believer, immigrant -- because we remember what silence felt like when hatred was directed at us, and we've got to be champions on behalf of justice for everybody, not just our own,” he said.
Obama also listed some of his accomplishments in his remarks, pointing to the 5.1 percent unemployment rate and his signature healthcare reform legislation.
"We were told ObamaCare would kill jobs, explode the deficit, destroy freedom. Today we see 66 consecutive months of private sector job growth, a streak that happened to begin when I signed ObamaCare into law," he said.
He also said the administration has made "Incredible progress when it comes to climate change."
Obama on Monday will speak to the United Nations General Assembly, where he is expected to make the case that nations succeed when they work cooperatively.
By the way, does anybody know where Trump is on the subject of sodomite "marriage"?
And the serpent said unto the woman, “Ye shall not surely die!”.
People just don't think right anymore
I think immigration will be the biggest 2016 issue. Homo marriage will likely be an issue though.
The Serpent is using Hollywood actors, TV hosts and politicians to do his work.
They think they are clever now. They are not clever enough for eternity.
Eventually the queer alliance will be kicked back to the closet. Just as before, they will commit crimes against nature, children, and vector diseases to the innocent. We will start with Homowood so they get the message.
Trump says gay marriage is the “law of the land” and really isn’t really worth debating any longer
Based on Obama's track record ("If you like your insurance...With Obamacare we will reduce your insurance premiums by $2,500, per family per year...It was not my decision to pull all the troops from Iraq... etc etc etc) America's cultural decay should be the first and foremost issue during the 2016 election campaign.
America just doesn't think right anymore.
Bring back the Blue Laws
Except in newsrooms where faggot hosts, writers, and journalists keep in the closet and don't reveal to their audience just why same sex attraction disorder news items are such top 3 stories and why they were always reported from one perspective.
2% of the general population, seemingly over 20% in newsrooms.
Trump said the issue is “not my thing one way or the other”
“the way I believe God sees us”
Good thing that’s not true.
Within 6 months after Bathhouse Barry is out of the White House he’ll come out of the closet.
Trump said that gay marriage was “Not his thing” and that he “supports traditional marriage”. He did not say “one way or the other”.
Trump said it was the “law of the land” in response to the Kim Davis situation and also said it was terrible that they had jailed her. This was before it came out that she was just wanting her name off of the form.
“Trump said it was the ‘law of the land’ in response to the Kim Davis situation and also said it was terrible that they had jailed her.”
That may be the case, but it’s not much different than what he’s said other times. This was from an interview in late August:
You say you would have liked the states, rather than the Supreme Court, to decide on gay marriage. Have you been to a gay wedding?
Yes, I have. [Broadway theater owner] Jordan Roth. You know Jordan, right? Great guy.
So is this a dead issue for the GOP at this point?
Some people have hopes of passing amendments, but it’s not going to happen. Congress can’t pass simple things, let alone that. So anybody that’s making that an issue is doing it for political reasons. The Supreme Court ruled on it.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/donald-trump-murdoch-ailes-nbc-816131
People who want to make Trump look more conservative than he is leave it off, but he most certainly did say one way or the other:
“It’s never been an argument that’s been discussed with me very much. People know that it’s not my thing one way or the other”
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