Reactions to Obama's Announcement

[jennythereader]

First, in case you missed the news, Obama's statement on ABC news.

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Edit To Add: If you guys feel like spreading this link around, I'd be interested to see how a wider pool votes.

Comments

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

I was planning to vote for him anyway (I won't vote for a Republican, ever) and I don't do electioneering, so...

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I won't say I'd never vote Republican, but unless they resurrect the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt, it's pretty darned unlikely. :)

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose if Honest Abe were resurrected, I'd vote for him.

In the present climate, though, I feel pretty safe saying "never" ;)

[shannon730.livejournal.com]

I always did plan to vote for him. Romney scares me. However I do hope this article isn't true. Because if this announcement was just a "personal" decision and his political stance is the same then nothing's really changed at all. His announcement will make about as much difference to civil rights as me saying I believe gay people should be allowed to marry.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Hopefully he will base policy decisions on it.

[shannon730.livejournal.com]

I really hope so. I want to believe he will, and that the article is wrong about it not affecting political choices.

[dwarven-brewer.livejournal.com]

This Question didn't fit in your poll window:

"Does it matter that Dick Cheney came out in favor of Gay Marriage in 2009?"

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

My answer to that would be yes, because it's pretty symbolic that someone so high up in the Republican party would, but not as much because he's not in a position to make policy.

[dwarven-brewer.livejournal.com]

I would offer that he is still in a position to influence policy on the Right. No different President Obama is on the Left.

Notably, both men have stated it as a personal opinion and President Obama has gone on to state that it remains an issue for the states and not one for The White House. I do not believe Cheney said anything more than it was his position.