In 2008, when Obama was pretending to be a Christian, he implied that God was against same-sex marriage.
August 18, 2008
When asked to specifically define his views on marriage, Obama stated that he believes “that marriage is the union between a man and a woman.” “Now, for me as a Christian, it’s also a sacred union. God’s in the mix,” he added.
Obama and McCain Both Oppose Gay Marriage, Split on Abortion
9 May 2012
Barack Obama speaks out and declares support for same-sex marriage
President speaks about issue in deeply personal terms, and affirms his unequivocal support for same-sex couples to marry
Barack Obama speaks out and declares support for same-sex marriage | World news | guardian.co.uk
In other words, his pollsters told him that he could gain a few votes against Romney by breaking his 2008 campaign promise.
Obama is a criminal psychopath, and Romney isn’t any better. The only candidate with any honor, integrity and commitment to the U.S. Constitution is Ron Paul. He’ be in Tampa in August with all his delegates. It ain’t over yet.
While your point is very well taken, I hope you will hold your nose and vote against utter Doom this election. Romney is far from desireable, but he looks like a shining angel in comparison to the monster in chief.
I agree. An unholy politician/science alliance threatens constitutional government.
1. Most politicians are skilled at saying anything to get in office.
2. Too many scientists will say anything to get more grant funds.
3. Eisenhower warned* (1961): A politician/scientist alliance may endanger us.
4. Climategate exposed (2009): A politician/scientist alliance existed for ~30 years
_ http://tinyurl.com/ydw7t9f
5. Reactions of leaders of nations: Politician/science alliance existed for ~64 years
_ http://omanuel.wordpress.com/about/#comment-55
*Eisenhower’s 1961 warning of the alliance’s danger to our form of government:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOLld5PR4ts
The rest of the story is summarized for ordinary folks like me:
http://omanuel.wordpress.com/about/#comment-35
For world leaders, editors and publishers of information:
http://omanuel.wordpress.com/about/#comment-55
Lol, very poor political move. The voters in North Carolina are probably a bit miffed about this.
It’s all about the money, he needed the gay contrabutions!
I think it’s more about recapturing the Democratic youth that he has been losing the last 5 years.
lol. Last 5 years…. I mean the last few years.
At least you have to say that Obama is not being meek and cowardly like Jimmy Carter. He is showing leadership, even if it is off a cliff!
In 1996, Obama was pro-gay marriage.
To me, this is just a distraction away from the economy.
I don’t mind civil unions so that same-sex spouses can share pension and Soc Sec benefits upon death of one, hospital visitation (although I am unaware of visitation ever being denied in my career). I like that Obama said this was a states’ rights issue. But his motivations are not to show leadership but to half-heartedly appease the GLBT crowd.
So he lied to get elected. Not a small matter.
Other lies/flip-flops:
public financing of elections
if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor
if you like your health ins plan you can keep it
greedy doctors would rather remove tonsils or amputate limbs rather than rx a “pill”
health ins mandate
Gitmo
military tribunals
Patriot Act
President taking military action without Congressional approval
anti-ballistic missile defense
lobbyists in the White House
SuperPACs
unemployment will stay under 8% with the stimulus
raising the debt ceiling
uniter not a divider
Yep. He lied no matter how you look at it. He didn’t need to be Pro Gay Marriage in 2008… But it’s a card he has to pull now to try and lure in the Democratic youth, because as I’ve been telling you guys since I’ve been here, he has been losing that fan base.
Btw, I’m pro-gay marriage. Many of the people against it to “preserve marriage” end up with multiple divorces themselves. Like Newt Gingrich.
With Gay marriage they want to define gender by mental qualities rather than physical qualities. The are just redefining what a man is and what a woman is based on their mental state of mind.
Civil unions should be what they are trying to get approved. That would benefit more if they were easier to dissolve than marriages and they were entered into with enforceable prenuptial agreements, Civil Contracts. Of course most civil contracts are not worth the paper they are written on, especially those in digital form.
Maybe “civil unions” or something similar could have accomplished the same goals and not been as offensive to people who view marriage as a heterosexual, religious institution? Less likely to promote a backlash?
What you can be denied is communication with doctors and nurses regarding the significant other’s condition and also denied participation in important medical decisions.
Speaking for myself, that has never been an issue for me, even given that I’ve worked in a lot of Catholic Hospitals. Never had a case or witnessed a case. I cannot speak for other docs or hospitals in other parts of the country. I would support civil unions where rights are equal, though I’m no lawyer.
Yes but previously he was for it before he was against the thing he is now for again.
The Obama really isn’t engaged in politics, and he certainly doesn’t care for it. He disdains people and their petty needs; after all, he has had everything given to him on a platter. Yes he WAS born with a silver spoon in his mouth. I think he sees politics as a vehicle for his ego to … what? …masturbate itself? I’m not actually sure; perhaps President of the World.or Master of the Universe. It must certainly be gratifying to be President of the US of A and be adulated by fans, but do not dare ask ME to do anything; I am so refined and articulate; my role is President. He is an actor in his own fantasy. Does he actually really exist, or is he some post-modern Big Brother? Has any student of rhetoric yet noticed how repetetive and vacuous his speeches are, except when he’s trying to whip up class jealousy.
Speaking of crimatology ….
Why stop at “gay” marriage? Marry your sister or brother for SS benefits, health insurance etc. Surely if they “love” each other that’s all that matters.
Hell, just open the floodgates and slide all the way down; no sense in taking baby steps.
Or maybe even a senator could marry a horse, it’s not like that has happened in an out of control immoral society before…. oh wait…
And yes, there is a lie Obama won’t tell to get elected, and it is… “Why yes, I do well without a teleprompter…”
I don’t think we should demand that politicians don’t change their minds, in fact for many readers of this blog there’s probably a very strong wish that they change their view of the Church Of Warming.
And who says it’s un-christian about supporting same sex marriage? If people really started taking every text of the old testament that literally, each attempt to keep supermarkets open on sundays would end in a blood bath 😉
Obama didn’t change his mind. He lied to get elected.
What 2008 campaign promise?
I have no intention of reposting every article for drive-bys who aren’t following the conversation and are too lazy to look for themselves.
In other words there were no specific election promises made in 2008 with regards to marriage. Just another straw man.
Apparently God changed his mind, because Obama didn’t. The only straw man is what is between your ears.
So you don’t actually have any evidence of an election pledge from 2008 that is now broken by what Obama has said.
He implied that God was against gay marriage. Are you a complete moron, or just pretending to be?
So you are admitting that you were wrong about ‘breaking his 2008 campaign promise.’
Or do you mean his ‘implied’ (to suit your straw man) election promise?
I forgot the old adage about never fighting with a pig.
Too embarrassed to admit you are wrong? If you don’t believe you are, prove me wrong by quoting an election pledge from 2008 about marriage and how it is now broken.
Any sane person would interpret a religious statement of opposition to gay marriage as an incontrovertible statement of belief and intent. Only a left wing loon would waste anyone’s time arguing that.
But only a common or garden loon would think it a ‘pledge’ of some implied kind and build a whole post and straw man on it so they could knock it down and feel good about themselves.
Refer to my comment above at 6:41 p.m. 5-10-12 for a partial list of broken election pledges.
And, he promised he would cut the Federal deficit in half.
He did keep his promise that the sea level would fall, though. I will give him full credit for this.
Well to be fair John, it isn’t really a list of pledges. Similar things can be said for any politician or government – that’s politics. And there is no mention of ‘marriage’.
I completely understand that you have no ethical standards.
My standards that require people to back up what they claim with actual evidence?
I doubt you understand those at all.
The fact that he said that his God was against gay marriage when directly queried during a debate with the specific intent of misleading voters is not evidence? You are sicker than I thought.
For what it is worth, Obama in context: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbHb9Lg3pJs
Listen up tiresome Lazarus, Obama announced in the 1990’s, when he was running for State Senate, that he was in favor of gay marriage; he denied that fact when he ran for US President in 2008; he lied before he un-lied. Do you now understand? This guy doesn’t give a s**t about anything but his own ego; even the US of A. Got that?
Yawn.
That was what we always expected from you Lazararse septicface. And you never falter with that assclown view!
Nowt wrong with being sceptical. You should try it some time.
BTW Johns video shows right from the onset that Obama was always in favour of gay couples having the same rights under law as married couples through civil partnerships. He made it clear he had no objections to those partnerships being called marriage.
What ever ya say thar Lazararse septicface, the ultimate septic!
“Obama’s admission of the obvious fact he’d previously denied — his support for same-sex marriage — is now being ballyhooed as proof of his great political courage. Really? As Brit Hume pointed out yesterday on “Fox News Sunday,” Obama’s position on gay marriage didn’t evolve: it revolved. In 1996, Obama said he was for it. In the 2008 campaign, he said he opposed it but also opposed the California referendum banning it. In office, his Department of Justice has refused to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage — as Obama did in 2008 — as a union of a man and a woman. Now he says he supports gay marriage.”
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/05/14/obamas-media-contrived-courage