Please don't turn your back on us...

During the primaries I was energized by Obama. I listened to the speeches and I was moved to campaign for Obama. His ideas gave me hope and I donated money to the Obama campaign. Finally, when the time came, I voted for Obama. I supported him then, and I support him now. I believe that he is honestly the best thing for our country. He recognizes that times have changed, and the United States needs to change with them. America can no longer sit back and engage in the “business as usual” policies of the past. True change is never easy, and usually comes with at a cost. All that having been said, I have discovered one bone of contention I would like to pick with his administration.

While engulfed in his campaign, Obama said the his personal belief was that marriage was between a man and a woman. He also said that he would be a fierce advocate for gay rights, regardless of his personal beliefs. That’s what he said. Based on what I’ve just read, he either lied about that, or has allowed himself to fall victim to the forces of Washington D.C., and has now turned 180 degrees from the aforementioned ‘fierce advocacy.’

Last week, the Obama administration lawyers filed a brief in a California District Court, that not only defended the Clinton era Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), but vehemently argued that DOMA was constitutional. The brief went on to compare same sex marriage with incest and underaged unions.

Here’s a link to the article in question: http://is.gd/10U9W

While I’m used to hearing this sort of rhetoric from right wing nut jobs, I was floored to read the words were coming not only from democrats, but from Obama administration lawyers.

It has been suggested, by Howard Dean (the former Chairman of the DNC) that Obama probably didn’t know about the content of the brief, and I sincerely hope that’s true. All will be revealed in time.