Statement of Christopher R. Barron, Chief Strategist
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, President Obama signaled his support for marriage equality in an interview with ABC News. In response, Christopher R. Barron, Chief Strategist and Co-Founder of GOProud – a national organization of gay and straight Americans seeking to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a respect for individual rights, issued the following statement:
“It is good to see that after intense political pressure that President Obama has finally come around to the Dick Cheney position onmarriage equality. I am sure, however, the President’s newly discovered support for marriage is cold comfort to the gay couples in North Carolina. The President waited until after North Carolina passed a constitutional amendment banningsame-sex marriage.”
“This is hardly a profile in courage by President Obama. For years now, President Obama has tried his hardest to have it both ways on this issue.
“The real kudos here goes to LGBT activists and their allies who finally forced the President into yielding on this issue.”
I will never understand how Mary Cheney managed to keep quiet for all of those years where the Bush Administration was going around trying to brand people who are in loving, committed relationships as sexual deviants.
If that was my dad, there's no way I'd allow them to throw me under the bus for their political ambitions and expect me to shut up.
Posted by: Ryan Farmer | May 09, 2012 at 06:29 PM
Love and committment does not make it any less deviant.
Posted by: Blah | May 11, 2012 at 06:01 AM