I'm sick of Obama

Call me a bad liberal if you want, but I'm kind of sick of Barack Obama. Change my ass. As my friend Cameron put it, I feel he's using me. He knows the liberals, the leftists, the non-Republicans are going to vote for him, so he doesn't have to woo us anymore. Now he can say whatever he wants to try to win the rest of America's vote, even if that means changing his mind on some things. So much for being different.

But thats not the main reason I'm sick of him. Mainly its because though he's all about change, he is still against gay marriage. So much for us homos getting equal human rights for at least another 4 years. I'm so tired of this crap. Why don't we just scrap marriage all together except in the religious sense, call all of it civil union or domestic partnership, and then let all the redneck heteros get pissed off when they have to fight for their rights. While he has supported non-discrimination laws, extending hate crimes to include sexual orientation and gender identity, and gay adoption rights, the marriage thing still gives him a hangup. Here is a sum up of his view on it, taken from the lesbianlife website:

Although Barack Obama has said that he supports civil unions, he is against gay marriage. In an interview with the Chicago Daily Tribune, Obama said, "I'm a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition, and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman."

Barack Obama did vote against a Federal Marriage Amendment and opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.

He said he would support civil unions between gay and lesbian couples, as well as letting individual states determine if marriage between gay and lesbian couples should be legalized.

"Giving them a set of basic rights would allow them to experience their relationship and live their lives in a way that doesn't cause discrimination," Obama said. "I think it is the right balance to strike in this society."
Sources: Chicago Daily Tribune, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

What a bunch of bullshit. Thank you so much for deciding for us gays and lesbos that a civil union will allow us to "experience" our relationship without causing discrimination. Correct me if I'm wrong, but disallowing us the same option as other law abiding adult citizens sure seems like discrimination to me.

So you have my vote, but not my full support. At least you're better than McCain, who doesn't think we should adopt kids. I'll never fully support any candidate who continues to make a human rights issue up to individual states.

No Obama 08 sticker on my car.