POSTED RESONSES TO A COLUMN BY SONIA VERMA IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
I don't think Ms. Verma's analysis hits the mark.
The American public is pretty evenly divided on gay
marriage.
So there is no gain or risk in Obama's taking this public
position.
The even split simply allows him to take what is a
principled position.
American politics are so poisonous and divisive in general
that no one takes a principled position on anything, unless it happens to be
favored by at least half the people.
Obama himself has demonstrated in over three years of power
not a single meaningful position of principle apart from this.
He is, sadly after such promise in his rise, a complete
creature of the establishment, and today's establishment in the US doesn't
genuinely care about matters like this.
It is the belly-over-belt crowd that is viciously opposed to
this basic principle, and Obama cannot command their votes in any case.
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"We get away with
doing alot of stupid things, for a while. Then the accumulation leads to more
stupid decisions until we reach a tipping point.
"Same sex
marriage is just one more stupid thing heaped upon the pile."
Yes, and it is clear you are a true expert in stupidity.
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"America is a
Christian nation!
"Obama is trying
to force his lifestyle on America!"
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Christian nation?
America?
You do not have any idea what you are talking about.
Can you see the Christ who chased the money-changers out of
the temple thinking corporate America was to his liking?
Can you see the Christ who addressed the least of these
accepting America's ghettos and grinding poverty while wealth spills out like
water in many places?
Can you see the Christ who commanded turning the other cheek
accepting the blood-soaked horrors of Afghanistan or Iraq or Vietnam?
If, by Christian nation, you refer to its founders, then you
simply have read no history:
http://chuckmanwords.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/ashcroft-american-history-and-speaking-in-tongues/
Readers may also enjoy these examinations of America's
Christian Corporatism and its crackpot leaders:
http://chuckmanwords.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/in-jesus-name/
http://chuckmanwords.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/jabba-apologizes/
