At a San Francisco fundraiser on Wednesday of this week, Obama was talking about how his work was not finished, and that it would take more than one term to get done everything that he wanted to get done. In the middle of the speech, someone shouted out, "gay marriage!" and Obama again replied, "Our work is not finished." Some people are taking this to mean that Obama was dropping a hint that gay marriage is a part of his "unfinished business." I have been following Obama's remarks about gay marriage throughout this social movement blog because obviously he plays a big role and holds a large stake in the issue, and because I think it's interesting to try to figure out where he really stands on this issue. It's remarkable that during the duration of this assignment, I have gone from speculating that Obama secretly fully supports gay marriage, to learning that Obama made a statement about the unconstitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, to speculating that my first speculation was completely off. And now this comment from him sparks further debate about where he stands. Only time will tell where Obama's "evolution" on the matter will take him next.
(http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/04/another-obama-hint-on-gay-marriage.html)
Another interesting story: Gary Johnson, who supports legalizing marijuana, abortion rights, gay rights, opposes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and doesn't go to church, is running for president as a GOP candidate. This is interesting because obviously his stances on these issues would lead you to believe that he was a liberal Democrat. Could this be a starting point where more and more Republicans begin to extend their libertarian philosophies to social issues as well as economic ones? I think it's time they do. Again, only time will tell.
(http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/04/former_new_mexico_governor_gar.html)
And lastly, coming from a silly source (Perez Hilton--who I love, and love to hate), more people than ever before are supporting gay marriage. Actually, the graph that Perez presents is pretty cool:
The blue line represents people that are for same-sex marriage, and the red line represents people that oppose same-sex marriage. Now, I have no idea where Mr. Hilton got this graph from, but still, it's interesting to look at. And of course, Perez says all of this much more eloquently and funnily than I ever could, so I would say read his blog post about it:
(http://perezhilton.com/2011-04-20-public-opinion-in-favor-of-same-sex-marriage)
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