The man has a right to his opinion as long as he doesn't have the power to shove it down our throats. What has me outraged is this statement--Obama's words--"When I think about all those soldiers or airmen or Marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf---" Some of you (including me) are old enough to remember June 6, 1944. Can you for even a second imagine General Eisenhower stating "over there fighting on my behalf" when discussing D-Day. In my opinion, our president is an insufferable, narcissistic, imperialist.
Bud
PUBLIC OPINION > People Are Split Over Obama's Same-Sex Support
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2012/05/10 16:00:00
President Obama made history on Wednesday when he became the first U.S. president to openly support gay marriage. Before now, he had been skirting around the issue -- supporting civil unions, but stopping short of full support. In an interview with ABC News, he said, "At a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married." It's a bold move, but will it help his campaign? We asked the public.
As of writing this, less than 24 hours after Obama made the announcement, there were exactly 644 votes for this poll: 322 think it will hurt his campaign, and 322 think it will help. With a margin of zero votes, it's impossible to predict how Obama's new stance will affect his campaign. But it's clearly a divisive issue. Opinions ranged from "a stand for equality" to "cheap pandering" -- needless to say, tensions were high. But where were those tensions rooted?
Resistance From the Right
It might seem obvious at first, but it's interesting to note that both liberals and conservatives seem to have voted as if it were a question of preference. Liberals were strongly convinced it would help (81%) and conservatives were strongly convinced it wouldn't (15%). That doesn't say much in terms of prediction, but it explains the dead heat. Moderates fell at exactly 50%. Typical.
It might seem obvious at first, but it's interesting to note that both liberals and conservatives seem to have voted as if it were a question of preference. Liberals were strongly convinced it would help (81%) and conservatives were strongly convinced it wouldn't (15%). That doesn't say much in terms of prediction, but it explains the dead heat. Moderates fell at exactly 50%. Typical.Homosexuals Have Faith
On the same note, homosexual voters were strongly convinced Obama's announcement would help his campaign -- again, probably because it's a big push in their favor. Straight voters, on the other hand, made up the majority of the vote, so they came out even. However, we did notice a few comments from gay respondents who expressed concern that it might hurt the campaign after all.
On the same note, homosexual voters were strongly convinced Obama's announcement would help his campaign -- again, probably because it's a big push in their favor. Straight voters, on the other hand, made up the majority of the vote, so they came out even. However, we did notice a few comments from gay respondents who expressed concern that it might hurt the campaign after all.Women Have High Expectations
Now here's a demographic that might actually give us some information -- one that's not directly related to the issue at hand. Nearly two out of three female respondents felt the decision would help Obama's campaign. And, judging by the correlation of the above demographics, that could mean women are more likely to support gay marriage, or even Obama. Men voted in the other direction, but not as strongly. (There were more male votes, hence the balance.)
Now here's a demographic that might actually give us some information -- one that's not directly related to the issue at hand. Nearly two out of three female respondents felt the decision would help Obama's campaign. And, judging by the correlation of the above demographics, that could mean women are more likely to support gay marriage, or even Obama. Men voted in the other direction, but not as strongly. (There were more male votes, hence the balance.)If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about Obama's support of gay marriage. We'd love to hear from you!
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Bud 2012/05/10 16:43:29
Childish assumptions noted. What is this, the 2nd grade playground?
The other does no harm. What harm comes from the reality that a portion of humanity happens to be gay?
You have already chosen which is to be the path for you and your children, sadly. We understand this.
What's that got to do with a person being allowed to marry the person they love?
There are a lot of aspects to this "story." The first of which is that this is not a story at all since it's been common knowledge that Obama supported gay marriage from the very beginning, you would have never heard people call Obama a "bigot" despite the fact that he was "against" gay marriage, simply because people knew that he was talking out of his ass.
The second aspect should be a resounding "who cares?" You needed an hour long special and a long build-up and media frenzy to announce that you've come to the realization that homosexuality should be legal but you still don't want to have to make a decision about it? If it is morally wrong for us to be against homosexuality, you should be advocating legalization (of gay marriage) on a federal level.
The third aspect should be that this non-issue (since he's already said he won't do anything about it) should be completely unimportant in the face of 15 trillion dollars of debt, high unemployment, a broken tax code, the UN desperately trying to gut our defense systems and Obama desperately trying to give them away (don't worry Russia, he'll have some more "flexibility" come next year).
What next, is Obama going to host a media special to inform us that he now likes couscous?
tide goes in, tide goes out.