While President Obama appears to be all for gay rights it seems that not all his supporters share this belief. The President may not campaign for same sex marriage but he supports civil unions which allow people similar rights of a couple. As of right now a lawful marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman although that may change in the recent years. What Obama does support changing or rather abolishing is the "don't ask don't tell" policy which does not allow openly gay people to serve in the military they are supposed to 'not tell' their sexual orientation as a way to eliminate discrimination. Many people are opposed to the 'don't ask don't tell' policy because it requires people to essentially lie to others who they count on with their life. One final thing Obama is trying to improve gay rights is getting the legislation to expand the definition of hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
What this writer thinks is people should all be equal in their rights to marry and their ability to tell whatever they wish to their war comrades. While I am happy that Obama supports most of these important gay rights issues I wounder how high they rank on his list. It must be very long and I wonder if he will ever get to actually accomplishing all the goals hes set for himself and America when hes in office and that includes the goals that seem less important to American as a whole which includes gay rights issues. So while I am happy that Obama seems to want to cure the US of all social ills I hope he realizes that once he promises to fix one thing he actually has to do it and not just say he plans on fixing it eventually. Hopefully he will take enough time and effort into all his plans of a better America.
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