Obama Opposes California Marriage Amendment While McCain Supports It

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski

As the California Marriage Amendment debate heats up Barack Obama and John McCain have made clear their respective positions on the issue.

Two weeks after the California Supreme Court announced its decision to allow same-sex couples to “marry”, opponents of same-sex marriage succeeded in placing on the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment which states: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” If passed, the measure would reverse the recent court decision.

Mr. Obama recently made his position public in a letter sent to a San Francisco homosexual activist group.

“I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states,” wrote Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

At the same time John McCain has announced his support for the California Protection of Marriage initiative in an email received by the ProtectMarriage.com campaign.

“I support the efforts of the people of California to recognize marriage as a unique institution between a man and a woman, just as we did in my home state of Arizona. I do not believe judges should be making these decisions,” Mr. McCain stated.

In a press release commenting on the endorsement of Senator McCain, ProtectMarriage.com Chairman Ron Prentice said, “We are honored to have the support of Senator McCain. As a leader in the United States Senate and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator McCain’s position will be an important factor to millions of Californians.”

“Senator McCain has articulated a key feature of the initiative campaign, which is that voters and not judges should be determining this issue.”

“Over 61% of the electorate has already voted to reaffirm marriage as between a man and a woman. Four activist judges on the California Supreme Court in San Francisco wrongly substituted their own narrow views for the opinion of over 4 million California voters. Fortunately, voters will be able to correct that mistake in November and restore the definition of marriage to our constitution.”

“We look forward to working with Senator McCain and many other elected leaders to accomplish this. We hope that U.S Senator Barack Obama will join Senator McCain in endorsing the initiative, and would welcome his support as well.”

Source: LifeSite News

Obama: Terri Schiavo should have been a horse

During the February 26 Ohio Democrat presidential debate, Barack Obama for the 2nd time said his biggest legislative regret thus far was voting to try to stop Terri Schindler Schiavo’s husband from starving and dehydrating her to death.

Jill Stanek made an astute observation about Obama view about human life. He co-sponsored a bill to end the slaughter of horses, supported law caracking down on dog fighting, and he sponsored a bill to prevent the death penalty of a convicted murderer, but he regrets having voted against the efforts of euthanaisantist choice to kill—she was denied the right to life, or the choice to die, or even the possibility of either choice.

Reality Check: Obama gives the impression that was a professor of Constitutional law for 10 years. According to a National Right to Life editorial, “Obama was not a ‘constitutional law professor’ at the University of Chicago. Nor was he a full-time faculty member or tenured. He was a part-time ‘senior lecturer.’” That is comparable to my English curriculum instructor in graduate school who just happened to be public school teacher of English.

Obama on abortion and gay marriage

An excerpt from Obama–ology 101:

In another Newsmax article, Obama indicated how he planned to unite America. He told an audience at Hocking College, which is nested in Nelsonville Ohio, that in so many words he respected the views of conservatives but if elected president he would most certainly oppose them.

“On the topic of abortion, Obama said his support for keeping it legal does not trespass on his Christian faith.”

“On the issue of abortion, that is always a tragic and painful issue,” he said. “I think it is always tragic, and we should prevent it as much as possible …. But I think that the bottom line is that in the end, I think women, in consultation with their pastors, and their doctors, and their family, are in a better position to make these decisions than some bureaucrat in Washington. That’s my view. Again, I respect people who may disagree, but I certainly don’t think it makes me less Christian. Okay.”

“In a 2001 Illinois Senate floor speech about that bill, he argued that to call a baby who survived an abortion a “person” would give it equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment and would give credibility to the argument that the same child inside its mother’s womb was also a “person” and thus could not be aborted.”

While the assault on sexual purity and abstinence continues by big abortion business led by organizations like Planned Parenthood, secret disciples like Obama promise to make America one nation under radical secularism. I’m sure that will unite all Christians and non-Christians as well.

What is especially troubling about Obama’s position is its divorce from both Christianity and the Bible. The Old Testament legitimated the Exodus and the killing of the Canaanites, who didn’t submit to term of peace, because of their practice of sacrificing the lives of their children to Baal. Jesus said he came to gives us life. He did not condone unjustified killing. Only liberals who reject the teaching of scripture for politically correct theology claim their Christianity is okay.

Jesus said, “you shall live by bread alone but by every word of God.” Criticizing certain religious and political leaders, he also said the devil is the father of liars.

Obama promises he will unite all Americans which seems to include evangelicals and liberals as well as pro-choice advocates and pro-lifers. He assures us he will perform other miracles like uniting the pro-gay and pro-natural family factions. How does he plan to accomplish this nearly supernatural feat? He told the Hocking College audience that would do so by supporting the gay agenda. As reported by Newsmax, he said,

“I will tell you that I don’t believe in gay marriage, but I do think that people who are gay and lesbian should be treated with dignity and respect and that the state should not discriminate against them…. So, I believe in civil unions that allow a same-sex couple to visit each other in a hospital or transfer property to each other. I don’t think it should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state. If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans. That’s my view.”

To clarify Obama’s position on gay marriage, Newsmax included an excerpt from his open letter to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender).

“As your President, I will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws…. I personally believe that civil unions represent the best way to secure that equal treatment. But I also believe that the federal government should not stand in the way of states that want to decide on their own how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples–whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union, or a civil marriage.”

In the famous flip-flop fashion of Mitt Romney, Obama says he does not believe in gay marriage while he actually intends to do all that he can to make same-sex marriage the American reality.

So now that we know for certain he is dedicated to uniting America by promoting same-sex marriage with all of the benefits, what did he mean by the Sermon on the Mount as more central to his faith than an obscure passage in Romans?

Read all of Obama–ology 101.