Joining the Holy War against gay marriage is Kevin McCullough who says:
Check Obama?s own campaign literature. The State Senator was a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 101. Defeated for years by narrow margins in Springfield the State Senator is proud to have associated himself with a bill that mandates discrimination on the simple basis of chosen sexual behavior.
For those playing at home, SB 101 would make sexual orientation a suspect classification meaning taking it into account in employment would face a high legal barrier. How that is mandating discrimination is beyond those who understand the English language.
The rest is an attack on Obama’s position on gay marriages, but fails to mention that Obama is against gay marriage and for civil unions with the same rights. While I’m for the same rights, I understand the political tightrope he is playing on. So let’s be clear here, Obama is for civil unions that have the same rights under law as marriage, but doesn’t want to call them marriage because he sees that as a religious sacrament.
For those wondering why African-Americans, who consistently poll as more socially conservative than other groups, continue to vote for the more liberal social party, you might notice that the Republican Party also has another set of issues that poll poorly amongst African-Americans–racial issues. There is a way to reach out to African-Americans and it is the issues that matter most to them. I think both parties would be better off and African-Americans would be better off with more competition for their votes. However, we aren’t at that point yet.
Of politicians making serious efforts, I can only think of Jim Talent (R-MO) who spends significant time talking to African-Americans in their communities. He has monthly meetings with small business owners who are African-American. While results are not so big so far, a sustained effort like that is more likely to work than demagoguing on gay marriage.
After all, something the supposedly small government party might want to remember is–don’t like Gay Marriage? Don’t perform one, don’t have one, and it isn’t your problem.