Hey, hey, hey... I told you I was just jerking you around with that one. But it's an honor to be in your pantheon of wackiness. Batman never forgets.
Does anybody know Obama's stance on gay marriage? On http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Barack_Obama.htm it says he opposes gay marriage; supports civil union & gay equality. (Oct 2006), but then it says he voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006) Which one is it?
Just because you favor or oppose an issue doesn't mean you would favor enshrining your position in the Constitution...
AH search! Thank you Clutch! It's a long article but excellent read. Worth the time. -- How Big a Stretch? For Barack Obama, Winning the White House Would Mean Bridging The Biggest Gap Of All By Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 7, 2007; Page C01 They watch him. They listen to him talk. Is he the kind of person they think he is? The kind of black man? The stakes are oh so high. It's the presidency he's after, the breaking down of a historic barrier. Can he transcend racial divisions? Is it safe to support him? Is he safe from harm while running for president in a nation of such abiding racial tension? For Sen. Barack Obama's white supporters, this is the dialogue of race, the parsing of perceptions and expectations as they watch their man campaign. Supporters say Barack Obama's message of unity and inclusion, plus the charisma factor, are factors in his appeal, especially to white voters. They are people like Katie Lang, 32, a Tampa insurance executive, who has her own simple formula for judging Obama. In a word, it's transcendence. She believes Obama, when it comes to race, rises above the fray. "Obama speaks to everyone. He doesn't just speak to one race, one group," she says. "He is what is good about this nation." At a campaign event in Tampa last month, she hung on Obama's every word as he spoke to an adoring crowd packed into the courtyard of the historic Cuban Club of Ybor City. As she listened, race wasn't in the forefront of her mind, she says later. It usually isn't, she says. "Kind of like, if I could compare him to Tiger Woods. When I look at Tiger Woods, I see the best golfer in the world," she says. "So when I see Barack Obama, I see a strong political candidate. I do not see 'Oh, that's a black man running for president, or African American or multiracial black.' It's not what comes to mind first. What comes to mind first is: great platform, charismatic, good leader, attractive." If the United States is to elect its first black president, it is white voters like Lang who largely will make that choice. Though much has been made about whether Obama is "black enough" for black voters, perhaps a more relevant question is this: Has the nation's white majority evolved to a point where it can elect a black man as president? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/06/AR2007050601255.html?hpid=topnews I say yes! But I'm an optimist
