Barack Obama Doesn’t Believe I Should Be Able to Get Married
And you know what? I’m actually okay with this.
Should I feel awful that as a gay man, my country does not afford me the same rights as heterosexual couples in that they can marry and divorce at anytime and any place of their choosing?
Well, yes.
But that’s not the point of this post. My point is that my President Elect, the one that I was proud to cast my vote for, believes that “marriage is between a man and a woman”. But he also strongly believes that this should not be added into our constitution as so many conservatives are hoping to do.
He believes I should be offered the same rights as heterosexual couples and I’m pleased as punch with that.
But as a gay man, don’t you want “marriage”?
Yes and some day I will indeed be offered that right. But right now at this time and moment, I believe in our President Elect’s basic philosophy and if you have been listening to him and studying up on how he plans to govern, you know that rather than divide this great country of ours into red states and blue states, he wants to bring people together for common solutions to everyday problems.
If I have to wait on being afforded my right to marry, but be able to enter into a lawful civil union, I will do this and be proud as a gay man today. If this brings conservatives and liberals together, I will gladly wait to be given the word “marriage”.
I guess what my post is trying to say is that at this moment, I want more healing for our nation and coming together right now. I’m a patient guy and can wait to be afforded my right to marriage, because that’s not as important to me than ending this absolute hatred that conservatives and liberals have for one another.
