Obama officially supports same sex marriage!!

Today in class, we discussed President Barack Obama's newly announced support of same sex marriage. While it seemed like most students were glad he finally took a stand and declared his support for this equal rights issue that we have been fighting over in this nation for years, there were still mixed opinions about his timing and his motivation for announcing his support. Was it just an attempt to gain more support for the upcoming election by finally taking a side? Was it simply because his views had already been leaked and he had no choice but to clarify them himself? Or was it because he really did feel that this was actually the perfect time to announce his views to the country because his goals and the results he wanted from the unveiling of his beliefs? Obama claimed that his reason for finally revealing his true beliefs about same sex marriages was because his daughters were  beginning to ask questions that they were finally asking about his  beliefs and he realized that he could not deny them that truth. And if he couldn't deny his daughters the right to hear his opinions, he can't deny the citizens of the nation he represents the chance to hear their leader's view. The truth of the matter is, no matter what his motivation for sharing his views on same sex marriage was, the point to focus on is that the President of the United States of America is now a supporter. He may not be changing any laws yet, but he is saying that gay couple or lesbian couple's love is just as important and legitimate as any straight couple's love. This is one of the most influential events that could possibly have occurred in the debate over the right for same sex couples to marry. It may be even more important than another attempt at passing a piece of legislative. Obama's approval goes to show that if the nation elected a man who accepts same sex marriage, and especially if the nation re-elects him after this announcement, then it is almost as if saying that the nation as a whole accepts this life style as one equal to the life style of a straight style. This is an incredible step towards equality. I predict that if Obama is reelected this fall, he will push for legal equality as well.