Of course, all of the concern with Obama’s misstatements and factual errors (see my previous entry) is of great concern. But even of greater concern are the extremely radical leftist positions of Obama of which he is clear, uncompromising, unrelenting, and unapologetic, but about which the mainstream media does no reporting and asks no questions—positions that would alienate many Americans including many Democrats and many African Americans.
These controversial positions include full term abortions (the murdering a children while they are being born), the dismantling of America’s ability to defend itself from terrorist and totalitarian states who are rapidly growing super power military status to use against us, and his commitment to a radical "gay" agenda including the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which will result in gay marriage as the law of the land.
If you believe I am overstating Obama’s positions, go to his web site at
http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/lgbt.pdf (There you can also use the link his site provides to be able to: Speak up. Tell Barack your story at: www.BarackObama.com/issues or by calling 312-496-6614 ). Obama’s position on homosexual activism is under the heading at his website, Barack Obama supports the LGBT community. LGBT, in case you don’t know, refers to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, and Trans-sexual (or trans-gender) community.
The various sub-sections of Obama’s positions on homosexuality that are then discussed are: Expand Hate Crimes Statutes; Fight Workplace Discrimination and Promote Rights (under this heading, the website notes: Obama believes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity); Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples; Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage; Repeal Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell; Fight AIDS Worldwide (including the U.S. giving billions and billions of U.S. dollars to other nations to fight AIDS).
Furthermore, just on May 20, Obama on the campaign trail called for the full repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This came the week after the California Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage in CA, as well as a similar 2003 decision by the high court of Massachusetts, would have the effect of legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
This is because without DOMA, the
"Full Faith and Credit Clause" of the Constitution, requires every state to recognize "the public Acts, Records and judicial Proceedings of every other State." This is why a marriage, divorce, warrant, or indictment (as a few examples) of every other state.
However, because of the growing controversy over homosexual marriages and the momentum for a constitutional amendment restricting the definition of marriage to monogamous heterosexual union, congress as a stop gap measure passed the
Defense of Marriage Act which protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states, and President Clinton signed DOMA into law in 1996.
But now the CA court’s ruling, which threw out the definition of marriage passed overwhelmingly by the people of CA as a CA proposition, and Obama’s stated desire to completely repeal DOMA, have cast the issue back to the forefront and illustrated the need for a constitutional amendment that defines marriage.
His stated desire one asks? Yes. Actually, more than one Democrat has sought to divert the issue by questioning that Obama has called for the repeal of DOMA. Cybercast News Service (
www.cnsnews.com) reports:
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), who is from one of the two states where same-sex marriage has been declared a right, told Cybercast News Service that she was not aware of Obama's call to repeal DOMA. "I have not talked to Sen. Obama about that. I have not heard anything about that," she said. "I did not vote for DOMA in the first place. I voted against it, and I don't know anything about this."
Boxer also asked Cybercast News Service to provide her staff with proof that Obama holds this position. "I would like to see it," she said. "I would be very interested in seeing it. Please provide me with the documentation."
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) also told Cybercast News Service he was unaware of Obama's position on DOMA. "I haven't heard him say that," he said.
Only Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she would support Obama in such a plan. "Yes, I would," she said.
Well, since they asked, the evidence is easy to find if anyone looks at all. His web site states:
"Obama also believes we need to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally recognized unions".
The equating of homosexual unions is a horribly destructive plan for the welfare of individuals and for our culture as a whole—even though homosexuals should be accorded the same basic rights endowed by our Creator. Why is it a destructive plan, and why is homosexual marriage not one of the basic rights endowed to all humans precisely because all humans are created equally in the image of God? That is the subject of the next seven entries I will make on the subject of homosexuality:
3-PC Myth 1—Homosexuals Are Happy; Homosexuality Is Healthy
4 PC Myth 2—Homosexuality Is Normal
5 PC Myth 3—Homosexuality Is Genetically Based
6- PC Myth 4—Homosexuality Is Not Treatable
7- PC Myth 5—Jesus Never Spoke About Homosexuality
8- PC Myth 6—The Logical Fallacy Re "Homophobia"
9- PC Myth 7—Gay Activism Is Desirable And Needed In Our Society
