Today's Mighty Oak

Wherein I talk about three endorsements, for lack of a better word



Written: 5/10/2012

First up, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who just released an It Gets Better video, and will be working with the Pittsburgh Gay and Lesbian Center to do programs, pretty awesome.  But as I noted at Metblogs, kind of ironic that the most-losing team in professional sports saying that it gets better.  We’re only losing season number 20 in a row…so I’m not exactly holding my breath.

They’ve been a supporter in the past, but Anheuser-Busch has told UFC that their fighters must stop with their anti-gay remarks, else they’ll stop advertising.  Which is a great benefit of capitalism, money really does talk.

And probably the biggest “endorsement” so to say, is President Obama himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jZbF_SO3U

To say this is historic would be accurate.  Never before has there been a sitting president who has spoken out in support of marriage equality.  Yes, I disagree that it should be left up to the states, and maybe Obama himself disagrees with that, we’re never quite sure.  I’ve always admired how brilliant Obama is with the long game, so there might be even more “evolutions” of his stance around the election, but we’ll see.

For now though, I’ll celebrate the fact that he has once again, publicly supported marriage equality, and trust that he and his legal team can bring down DOMA once and for all.

All my best,

The King of Spades

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