Thursday, October 22, 2009

Presidential/Political Views on Gay Families

President Bill Clinton signed the Defense Against Marriage Act, thus defining marriage as a legal union between a man and a women.

President Bush and the Republican Party are opposed. They tried to introduce a federal law to ban all gay marriages in the United States. The Republican party has a history of opposition to gay rights.

http://www.traditionvalues.org

Mayor Adrian Fenty in DC is all for the idea. It would be a big obstacle to get past congress, but a major step forward. If there were a Democratic majority in congress, maybe in 2010.....

http://ballotbox.governing.com

The Maine Marriage Alliance is fighting to get a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

http://gayrights.change.org

Another argument put forward against gay marriage, is an idea supported by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child states that children have the right to be free from political influence (referring to sexual orientation).

Barack Obama opposes same sex marriage, even though much of his campaign donations came from wealthy homosexual individuals. He is a member of the United Church of Christ and believes marriage is a sacred union intended for a man and women exclusively.

John McCain is also opposed.

1 comment:

  1. Wow, I didn't realize there was quite a few celebrities that were married. I think it is great usually when we see celebrities doing things we feel we can do it as well. Hopefully this can make more people see that there is nothing wrong with same-sex marriage I am all for it. I also didn't know that barrack Obama opposed it, i would've expected he wasn't. i still feel that if you love some you should be able to marry, i also feel adoption should be open to same-sex couples i feel they can provide just as much love as any one else. If that can get children into a happy loving home, than they shouldn't make such a big issue about it.

    Felicia

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