Is President Obama’s “evolution” on same sex marriage finally
complete? His call for the legalization of same-sex marriage yesterday
is an historic and tragic milestone. An incumbent President of the
United States has now called for a transformation of civilization’s
central institution. And yet, no observer of this president could be
surprised. The arrival of this announcement was only a matter of time.
The White House confirmed this within hours of the President’s announcement. As The New York Times
reported on May 10, “Advisers say now that Mr. Obama had intended since
early this year to define his position sometime before Democrats
nominate him for re-election in September.”
Previous news reports indicated that the 2012 platform for the
Democratic Party would likely include a call for same-sex marriage. The
pressure was on the White House, with the President caught in an awkward
and embarrassing situation in which major figures on both sides of the
controversy believed that his public position did not reflect his true
convictions.
In December of 2010, the President told Jake Tapper of ABC
News, “My feelings about this are constantly evolving.” Last October, he
told George Stephanopoulos, “I’m still working on it.” As Dan Amira of New York
magazine summarized that comment, “President Obama won’t say if he’ll
stop pretending to oppose gay marriage before the election.” Continue at Al Mohler
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