Barack Obama on Gay Marriage
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as a record of Obama's 2008 stance, usually to make a point about how mainstream views on gay marriage shifted.
What it is
A two-minute clip from 2008 in which Barack Obama states his position on same-sex marriage and civil unions. He says he supports civil unions rather than promoting same-sex marriage.
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What Hacker News said
Cites cynwoody · 2014-03 · on “Gay Developers Boycott As Mozilla Appoints Allegedly Anti-Gay CEO”
In 2008, when Prop 8 was on the ballot, Obama was for civil unions but professed to believe that marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman. "I'm not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage, but I do believe in civil unions." [this video]
Cites cynwoody · 2014-04 · on “Corrosive Conformity”
For those who haven't seen it, Barack Obama opined on this topic around the same time as Brendan Eich, and over a much bigger megaphone than $1000 will buy: [this video] tl;dv: "I believe that marriage is the union between a man and woman ... For me as a Christian, it's also a sacred union .. you know, God's in the mix. ... I’m not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage, but I do believe in civil unions.”
Cites crusso · 2014-04 · on “The Hypocrisy Of Sam Yagan and OkCupid ”
>> and would be completely fine with another civil contract with the same rights but a different name. >Because "separate but equal" had such a good run last time around eh? Do you take the same hardline stance with others who were opposed to gay marriage a few years ago and advocating civil unions? [LINK] [this video]
Cites m0zg · 2019-05 · on “Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear, Targeting Huawei and China”
It's the other way around, you got it all wrong. Bush wanted to introduce a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Cheney was against this amendment. I'll tell you more, Obama was against gay marriage well after that, as well: [this video] Specifically, written of Cheney in 2004: "Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter Mary is a lesbian, distanced himself from President Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage “Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it’s an issue our family is very familiar with,” Cheney told an audience that included his daughter. “With the respect to the question of relationships, my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone. People