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Are you more likely to vote for President Obama now that he came out in support of same sex marriage?
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Do you think that President Obama's announcement last week that he has "evolved" to the point where he supports same sex marriage was all that historic? Is this a real victory for equal rights or good timing for a politician? Tell us your answer in your actions -- are you more likely to vote for him now than you were before? Our support will matter a lot come November!
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Posted by Sydney Fleischer (Campaign Leader) on May 23, 2012Thanks so much for taking the poll and for leaving some really thoughtful comments! We have a really interesting community here and I think we have lots to learn from each other. What else do you want to see discussed on this cause? What should our next poll be?
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I planned to vote for him anyway. Whether it is political opportunism or not, it pulls or pushes things in the right direction. If I had been waffling on voting for him, it would have been a positive factor in deciding to vote for him.
Get used to it Marty, We are going to have another 4 years of Obama, and after that, There will be another Democrat in the white house. So, you can cheat in the elections as much as you want, and lie as much but that's what's going to happen. So Join the Ramney people so at the end you can march yourself into an Abbyss like they want to do now!.
How is Obama following Hitler? Hitler took a whole group of people he didn't like, and used them as scapegoats to gain power? If anyone is following Hitler, it's the people who are attempting to take rights away or bar rights from people in the LGBT community. You Marty, are the one following Hitler, spouting hate speech and being a disgrace to the human race.
It is the right of every american to choose and have the freedom to decide for themselves who they want to marry. Come on! Why would the government stop anyone from Marrying, it has been wrong forever, Obama was nice enough to make it right! Since NO republican would ever understand the word FREEDOM! Ever.
lol you guys need to move to a country that doesn't say FREEDOM in it name. Fascists
Hello Kitty, nice kitty purr purr. • What arrant nonsense you can see on the pages of a public forum. So you Americans spell the name of your country america and you claim to have right to marry anyone or maybe anything. Why not do what Egyptian prostitutes did to entertain troops during WWl and allowed herself to be used sexually by a donkey. Is this the kind of freedom that you want nice Mr Obama to make right? Meanwhile nice Mr Obama continues to run your country into the ground because of debt and the printing presses keep running day after day printing trillions of dollars that never existed before and these dollars are not backed by anything more than the press that prints them. Even China is no longer interested in buying US debt but is buying gold, Germany too wants to have it’s gold back but the US is stalling and they will not even allow a German official to see the gold, Russia is also buying gold and so is India but India refuses to buy gold certificates from the US. American gold was discovered in Germany to be gold plated tungsten. I could write for hours but you are not worth it. Be ready in the predawn hours when raids take place when FEMA Nazi’s come for you because they will and at the moment their 480 concentration camps are empty but not for too much longer. When you see thug cops taking six year olds away on a bus with their hands handcuffed behind their backs then you should worry. Mock god but it won’t make any difference. God said that man shall not lie down with a man as with a woman and he called this AN ABOMINATION so NO HOMOSEXUALS SHALL ENTER INTO HEAVEN. Have fun. Even if god was wrong forever.
I applaud Obama for supporting same-sex marriage. If two people love each other, no matter what sexual orientation they are, they should have the right to be married.
I'm not an american but I am gay and I do believe in same sex marriages,but I also agree that we shud get the same treatment as heterosexual couples right down 2 the choice of havib children!! ;o)
So last week, protesters in colorado who supported the downfall of "civil mariage" said the pledge of aligence on the capital steps -- the sound bite playing on the radio stated that the group got very patriotic with the sound bite "and justice for all." Talk about hypocrites. Go Barak! Thank you for standing up for "and justice for all".
I think the definition of "all" means everyone, Marty. Everyone in America is guaranteed justice under the Constitution.
No, actually "ALL" in misinterpreted.
You will also find that God says to "Hate" his enemies. Enemies being those of Satan's seed.
The Offspring of Cain. The Jews that Fled Israel, etc.
If you do a real Genealogical study you will find that those like George Soros, Rothschilds, etc, are all of that lineage also. You can trace a direct line back to these people.
All kidding aside, you can follow the Bible and these peoples genealogy and find a direct link to the Jew's that God turned his back on.
The same ones that are pushing homosexuality, same ones that are ruining everything financially to install the One world Government and Currency.
These are not Conspiracies, These are facts that are right there in front of every ones eyes if they just look.
I strongly support Mr Obama for any cause that dignifies society and guarantees fairness to every individual. Mr Obama, Yo the MAN!
Marty West huh *sigh* you heard this from Fox news didn't you?
Veon Orr Of course he did. He sounds exactly like that mentally deficient man, Glenn Beck.
I'm not voting for this idiot either way. I didn't in 2008 I won't in 2012.
Janet Harvey Look who's calling who a bigot. Maybe your right, maybe all of us GOD fearing, patriotic, U.S.A. loving people should move to another country and leave this one for the idiot democrats to continue destroying. It baffles me that supposedly intelligent people can't see where we are heading. But you have the perfect scape goat!!! When this country is a second world country you can always blame it on BUSH!!!
That's what Obummer does!! He still blames BUSH for all of HIS(Obammy) Failures, shortcoming's, etc... That's his whole act!! Blame,dodge,blame,dodge, oh and of course; Deny, lie, pass the buck, blame. When Bush left office after 2 terms(8yrs) our deficit was about $6/7Trillion, after 4yrs. of Obummer's failed policies,over spending, etc..(Solendra) we now have a deficit of; $16Trillion!! And thanks to his re-election, which I still can't believe!!(Fraud, has to be)our deficit is predicted to be; $20Trillion after the next 4yrs!!?? Y??? How was this man re-elected!!?? It had to be fraud!! There's no way this man won legally!! Anyhew, you probably know about what I said(deficit) I'm just trying to educate the poor,misinformed who may have been duped into re-electing Obamination!! Shame on all of you!! We are already headed for "Hell& a Handbasket"!!! Way to speed up the process people!!! All we can do is pray that we survive the next 4, and thank GOD he can't run again!!!! Romney/Ryan-2016!! or Ryan/Rubio-2016!!
I am Australian, so the vote is not my choice but I do believe Obama has the power to influence leaders all over the world. If he is still voted in after this election, other leaders may feel its safe to follow his lead on this issue. Of course I believe in same-sex marriage. Love is not hurtful, only fear and anger are hurtful. I think Americans have earnt much respect since they voted Obama as their leader. Truth be told, before that, Americans came across as narcisistic and were not...
…I am Australian, so the vote is not my choice but I do believe Obama has the power to influence leaders all over the world. If he is still voted in after this election, other leaders may feel its safe to follow his lead on this issue. Of course I believe in same-sex marriage. Love is not hurtful, only fear and anger are hurtful. I think Americans have earnt much respect since they voted Obama as their leader. Truth be told, before that, Americans came across as narcisistic and were not aware the world did not revere them as much as they believed. There is still along way to go before the world is at peace, I think this statement from Obama was peaceful and brave. But then, that is why you voted for him wasn't it. Well, that is why we respect you for your vote anyway. Voting for Obama tells the world that not all Americans are re-neck haters.
Lisa Elliott I love "Wake up Australia, Tasmania is floating away." It really hits the mark, especially when we look at where Tasmania is compared to Austalia ... haha. I think most of us understood what you were saying. I've had a few unnerving responses to several of my remarks. Its all good ... that's how we all learn never to repeat those bloopers again. America loves Australia, and that's the truth. Keep speaking. That's what's important.
Lisa Elliott sick
I couldn't participate in today's poll because of the wording. I wanted to vote "yes" because I am ABSOLUTELY, 100% in support of same sex marriage...BUT the question was "Are you more likely to vote for President Obama (...now that he's supporting same-sex marriage)." I am not MORE LIKELY to vote for him now, despite the fact I'm glad he did, because there was never any other choice. Frankly, there are no other viable choices. I mean, if he hadn't said this I still would have voted for him...
…I couldn't participate in today's poll because of the wording. I wanted to vote "yes" because I am ABSOLUTELY, 100% in support of same sex marriage...BUT the question was "Are you more likely to vote for President Obama (...now that he's supporting same-sex marriage)." I am not MORE LIKELY to vote for him now, despite the fact I'm glad he did, because there was never any other choice. Frankly, there are no other viable choices. I mean, if he hadn't said this I still would have voted for him because the alternatives are either unthinkable (Mitt) or unrealistic as no candidate from parties outside the D's & the R's, eg. Green, have a true snowball's chance (sigh)! The way our "democratic" system works (debatable) today is NOT what the founding fathers intended. In fact, we aren't even a true democracy:(
Thanks, Lisa, that is heartening. It gets super frustrating at times for sure. Truely....I could go on and on:), but am all tapped out for the day. Thank goodness the seeming backward momentum of the US isn't everywhere; and that there are good World Citizens like you about places like this! I'm sorry about the hate-spewing you've had to put up with. It is a crazy world. I try to remember compassion because I think for most the hate comes from a place of fear. It's the politicians who hide behind fundamentalist hoo-ha that really scare me because their motivation comes from a place of greed. AKK, and I'm off, babbling on again:) Anyhow, thanks again for sharing the good news, I'm happy there're positive things in the works on your side of the world!
Hey, it is no different here really, people can be crazy. I work with some of the most vulnerable & disadvantaged people in our community so I am well aware of the true issues. Like-minded souls are distributed evenly all over the world to try and teach the message and spread the energy. It is exhausting work. :-) I know your frustration and I just wanted to share with you that you are far from alone. You don't need to apologise for the hate-spewing, it was really good for me to hear it as I was actually thinking the world was in for a big shift of consciousness and now I realise it has so far to go that I must be one of those people to help the shift, not just sit back and wait for it. It has actually shifted my thinking a whole lot. This was helped along by another commenter Patricia Williams who guided me gently to this conclusion. Anyway, peace be with you Christine Williams - nice to meet you and know you are out there.....somewhere......