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The political risks of supporting ?gay rights?

By Alliance Alert

Michael Klarman writing in the Los Angeles Times: Historically, American presidents have rarely gotten far ahead of public opinion on civil rights issues, and the few times they have, they've paid a substantial price for doing so . . . Having seen that gay marriage was politically toxic for Democrats, Obama ran for the presidency in 2008 on a platform of repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' and enacting federal employment and hate-crimes legislation to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination. But he steadfastly refused to support gay marriage, both during his campaign and throughout the first 18 months of his presidency, even as two federal district judges ruled in favor of a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 21, 2010 (boomark / email).