Democrap
Boi from Troy asks, “Why does Obama oppose gay marriage?” Ostensibly Obama's reason is because his religious views dictate that marriage should be between a man and a woman. He might as well have finished his statement with, “Polly want a cracker!”
Obama doesn't support gay marriage because it is not politically expedient to do so. Period. Religion. has. nothing. to. do. with. it. Maybe he figures, “Hey, it worked for Edwards.” Except that Edwards actually does come from a conservative religious background. Obama claims membership in the United Church of Christ which is actually quite gay friendly, and...wait for it...supports gay marriage. It's hard to imagine a religious body more gay friendly than the United Church of Christ, except maybe the Metropolitan Community Church.
Wanna try again Obama? Oh, and while you're at it, want to explain how talking out of both sides of your mouth is a “change” from past and current political bullshit?
Religion continues to serve one of its vital functions for society: to provide a screen for individual and institutional bigotry. God said Europeans should “colonize” the rest of the world and convert the colored heathen to the true faith, and if the point of the sword happens to be involved, well, they're better off dead than living in darkness anyway. God said the institutional, systematic and organized attempts to destroy the culture of native peoples in the western hemisphere, including the forced removal of native children from their homes to be placed in “proper” Christian homes, was necessary for their ultimate salvation. God said black people are cursed and naughty and deserve to be treated like animals and beasts of burden.
This is really the god you believe in and worship and I'm supposed to be impressed?
And just so there is no confusion, Hillary doesn't get a pass either. It was her darling husband that gave us DOMA and DADT. She's already on record as having no intention of trying to undo DOMA, and I suspect she has no intention of trying to undo DADT either.