{"id":11852,"date":"2012-05-09T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2012\/05\/09\/president-obama-has-endorsed-s\/"},"modified":"2012-05-09T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T15:02:44","slug":"president-obama-has-endorsed-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/president-obama-has-endorsed-s\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama has endorsed Same Sex Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Raw Story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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People around the blogosphere are griping about this. They don’t like it. They are saying things like “it should have happened sooner” or “why didn’t he do this sooner” or “I’m still mad” or “oh, that’s just becuase it became obvious that he had to change is position for political reasons.”<\/p>\n

The first most obvious fact about any political change like this is that it should have happened sooner. Congratulations for noticing that, you should get a PhD in political science. The second most obvious fact about an issue like this is that actual politicians who are actually elected to non-trivial office play the politics. Thank you for noticing this. Maybe you should write a book about it.<\/p>\n

So, what is the next step? I suggest continuing to gripe about how long it took, devaluing the event as a political move so it becomes less important, that sort of thing. We wouldn’t want a very positive and hopeful statement by the most powerful and influential person on the planet to lead to anything good, right?<\/p>\n

Or, maybe you could take advantage of the situation. Make this into something other than a mere chance for all of us to show off our political wit!<\/p>\n

So, what is<\/em> the next step?<\/p>\n

How about working with the momentum! Try to get the Dems to turn this into a stronger push for election season, a stronger backlash against NC’s boneheaded move, stronger support for action against currently proposed anti-gay legislation or constitutional change!<\/p>\n

Or what? Do you have other suggestions? Let’s have them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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