Whatever you may think of Al Sharpton, you have to listen seriously when he's taking on the churches about civil rights:
"It amazes me," he said, "when I looked at California and saw churches that had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young black boy was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say when they overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were being [relegated] into poverty, yet they were organizing and mobilizing to stop consenting adults from choosing their life partners."
Ready for some compare and contrast?
Obama then (1996):
Obama's answer to the 1996 Outlines question was very clear: "I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages." There was no use of "civil unions," no compromise whatsoever.
Obama now (2004):
Tracy Baim: Do you have a position on marriage vs. civil unions?
Barack Obama: I am a fierce supporter of domestic- partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about, primarily just as a strategic issue.
So now our relationships are just a strategic issues? As Pam Spaulding points out, it's all about the polls and what political cover you can find.
Do you wonder why I'm "wait and see" on this man?
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