Dear Mr. President:
First, let me congratulate you on your win. It was historic, not only as a victory for African Americans (as the MSM seems determined to solely define it), but as a victory for all Americans who have ever been marginalized in any way. I know that race, as a topic, has been both …

Well, by that logic, conservatives who support amending the U.S. Constitution to specify that marriage is between a man and a woman also have the same position as McCain and Obama: they oppose gay marriage too. There’s a lot more nuance between these positions than you’re acknowledging.
Further, I’m not aware of an …

Dorian, you wrote:
Interesting note: both tickets will have the same position on same-sex marriage, regardless of their VP picks.
Um, no. They both oppose a federal amendment to the Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, and in theory, they both believe states should define marriage as they see fit - …

Ah, gotcha, Japhy. Bench Memos at The National Review gives McCain an easy out:
“For McCain has long said — and said so again yesterday, in Philadelphia — that if any state is made to accept out-of-state “gay marriages,” then he is all for [a Federal Marriage Amendment].”
I agree with you and Brock, the war …

Since the gay blogosphere seems on fire over the Human Rights Campaign’s limp endorsement of Obama (here, here and here), here are my two cents: Disgusting.
Especially when Obama is objectively better on the issue of gay marriage than Clinton ever was. I have no idea why there’s this vague consensus that they …

You can thank the Defense of Marriage Act for that. If Obama successfully repeals the act, Court Showdown here we come.