Kerry Eleveld Calls Obama Out On 'Evolving' Marriage Policy
“The genius of federalism is that it allowed us to prove that marriage equality would not lead to catastrophe, that it has in fact coincided with a strengthening of straight marriage, that in many states now, the sky has not fallen,” Andrew Sullivan wrote in a Newsweek/Daily Beast post last week entitled A President, Not a Governor. “Obama's defense of federalism in this instance is not a regressive throw-back; it is a pragmatic strategy.” Eleveld also argues that a more progressive position from the president would both help show the Supreme Court, should it hear a case on California's Proposition 8, that the nation's ready for equality, and would raise the bar for other Democratic candidates around the country.She concludes, "Here is what I know beyond a shadow of a doubt: making a callous argument to justify a political calculation isn’t advancing equality, it’s delaying it."
This is why the struggle towards equality is dragging—willfully ignorant gays who refuse to accept the reality of politics. Obama cannot actively endorse marriage equality until he is reelected or the GOP will bury him with it. Any politician who just panders to emotions is an idiot (and rarely in office long). What Eleveld needs to do is explain how Obama endorsing same-sex marriage wouldn't cost him the Presidency in 2012.
Posted by: dizzy spins | Jul 6, 2011 9:28:59 AM
The antiwar and African-American civil rights movements encompassed sharply differing approaches as their dialectics evolved. It gives me more confidence in our movement that the same thing is happening.
Having said that, hell yes we've got to win primary and general elections from now to fall of 2012 and turn back the tide of bigots, idiots, and jackasses in public office.
Posted by: Russell | Jul 6, 2011 9:43:33 AM
What the hell is wrong with people? Marriage equality is making progress at the state level. IMHO I just don't see any benefit in the president endorsing same-sex marriage before the next election. People can be so naive about the political process in America. America is very puritanical and quite frankly the voters are very backward with a revulsion for the federal government imposing beliefs on the states.
Obama voicing support for SSM will in no way influence the opinions of the presently conservative supreme court and will only serve to energize the right.
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