Obama Belatedly Issues Statement Opposing North Carolina Amendment 1

Surprisingly, Barack Obama has finally issued a statement opposing the anti-gay Amendment 1 on the North Carolina ballot in early May. Like Virginia's heinous Marshall-Newman Amendment, Amendment 1 would not only bar same sex marriage but also bar any and all state law recognition of same sex relationships. Same sex couples no matter how many years together would be viewed under North Carolina law as complete and total strangers. As for same sex households with children, such children would be deprived of any legal basis to be recognized as children of their non-biological parent. Amendment 1 is not about "protecting marriage' but rather about denigrating and slandering same sex couples and their families. It's about anti-gay animus, first and last. It's about hate. And leading the charge in support of Amendment 1 are the ever hate filled Christianists and their lackeys within the Republican Party who make tawdry prostitutes look virtuous. Here are brief highlights from the News & Observer:

President Barack Obama today came out against the proposed constitutional amendment on North Carolina's May 8th ballot banning same sex marriages and civil unions, weighing into a fight in a key battleground state.

His campaign issued a statement saying the amendment was discriminatory:

“While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples,” said Cameron French, his North Carolina campaign spokesman.

“That’s what the North Carolina ballot initiative would do – it would single out and discriminate against committed gay and lesbian couples – and that’s why the President does not support it."

Needles to say the Bible beaters and Kool-Aid drinkers will be none too pleased with Obama. Not that they'd vote for him in November in any case.”