@ Rae-Dene
We are trying to do something about it. We're doing a lot in fact. We are standing up. We are making our voices heard. It's rather insulting for someone to say we're not doing anything when in fact, many of us are doing all we are able to. Things like this don't change quickly. We've been at this for decades, it's been hard to break through the archaic way of thinking for Americans but we are doing it. It's a process. For the U.S, it has been a very slow process but we are getting there. We have nine States that have legalized same-sex marriage, soon to be ten if everything goes good in Rhode Island. We have same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court. If we can get a miracle, we may have national legalization by the end of June. Of course, that's a slim chance and they'll probably only overturn Proposition 8 but any ruling for the side of marriage equality will be good, no matter how narrow the ruling may be. Approval for same-sex marriage is at an all time high, over 50% of Americans say they now support it. We have come such a long way through the work we've been doing for years.
We're going through the polls. We're going through the courts. We're going through our legislator. We're protesting. We're talking to people, we're changing their hearts and minds. We're doing everything we possibly can to get LGBTQ people their rights back. But as I said, it's a slow process for the U.S. Just because we haven't won yet doesn't mean we aren't doing anything. These sorts of things don't change overnight. They change over time. We have so much going for us and we're closer than we've ever been.
With that said, it is very important that Obama supports same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights in general. Maybe he cannot do much with the law, but it is very important for him to just support it and be helping us out verbally. He is the first sitting president to acknowledge that he supports LGBTQ rights. He's broke the trend of homophobia in the presidency. Having a president who supports full rights for LGBTQ individuals is huge and it's going to be a big help to us. He helped convince the Democrat party to announce their support for LGBTQ rights in their newest party platform. He has convinced many voters to support LGBTQ rights. Theoretically, Obama could legalize same-sex marriage nationally through an executive order. However, that would cause riots probably. It's better that he doesn't force it through, it would only endanger LGBTQ people. It's better for him to only support it and verbally help us convince other lawmakers and the citizens to support it. If anyone should push national legalization, it should be the Supreme Court. People will be more accepting of them pushing national legalization through than our president.
April 28th, 2013 at 10:33pm