i have nothing against gay marraiges,but i think it should be voted on by the people to see if majority wants,like other controversial subjects.in our liberal socialistic state the dm. congress passed it okaying it.i thought it should be voted on.now they are working on okaying marijuana for medical reasons sold in pharmacies.this should be voted on also.Obama has to be careful in this area as he might lose a lot of voters.

He's already lost a lot by letting his 2 cents be known.
To each his own in marriage, but this should have been voted on instead passing this legislation. According to a gallop poll the majority of people are against this, but they do as they want.

He doesn't flip-flop his positions, he "evolves". He was against gay marriage before he was for it.

@Scorpio, I agree with you, let the people decide. The problem is that the people DID decide these things in many states, and the courts overturn the will of the people. Or, in the case of the Defense of Marriage Act passed by Congress and signed by Clinton, the Obama administration decided to ignore their duty to enforce the laws of the land, and are willfully not enforcing the law.

The system does work, but it breaks down when various people in power decide that they can override the will of the people.

Keep the government out of the church & marriage business. Change the laws to make civil unions just that, civil unions created by government and having the same rights as a married couple. That could include gays and straights. Marriage in the eyes of God is between a man and a woman, and marriage was originally created by the church.

Not sure why we are responding with comments on gay marriage. The article talked more about race and how it is a non-issue in the 2012 race. I beg to defer.... every time someone disagrees with Obama, they are called racist, which of course, is BS and an intimidation tactic by Obama's supporters.

I disagree with you Piaceri, only if they would stick to his policies and none of this racial over tones than I maybe would have a consonare,but when the Tea Party have signs that depict the President as moneys and Witch Doctors then there are problem with the race of the President.I on the other hand will not leave it to the vote of the people on this Civil Rights issues, history has taught that it doesn't work in this case. There certain laws put in place for the minority.

todd,you're right our republican govenor at the time vetoed the gay marraige proposal,then the dem. congress over road his veto.
obama should have a female vice president,but that didn't even work for mccain.kinda wonder if walker will be his vp.

OK Louise, I give up. I can usually figure out most of it but not this one.
What's a consonare?