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In reply to the discussion: Obama's gay marriage move has no impact on policies: Still Hasn't Signed Anti-Discrimination Order [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)we've been waiting to see?
His declaration has forced the Conservative News Media into a position I've never seen them take before. They are slamming him for NOT signing an executive order ending discrimination against Gays
He knows, because we've heard him say it many times, that if he said the 'sky is blue' they would automatically take an opposing position. He's joked about it in fact.
Now he's done something that most decent people are happy about, but they have to find a way to make him look bad. The majority of Americans now oppose discrimination against Gays. They now risk being called 'bigots' in a climate that is rapidly changing, if they attack the principle of equal rights for all Americans.
So, their only option to try to dampen enthusiasm for Obama's declaration of support, is to attack him for not DOING MORE!!
So now he has Republicans slamming him for NOT supporting Gay Rights. Their readers will no doubt nod their heads in agreement in their partisan zeal to find any way they can to attack him. Before they know it, they will be pushing him to sign that Executive Order.
Another sign of the shift in public opinion. Ten years ago, they would simply have attacked him on 'moral' grounds.
I wonder if this was calculated, but regardless, it is a good outcome, Republicans are now fighting for the rights of the LGBT community! Hilarious!