Sullivan has a round-up of reactions, a fair number of which are. . . peevish. He only did this because he had to, or it’s not courageous because a majority of Americans now support gay marriage, what took so long, etc.
For fuck’s sake: really?
He is the first sitting president of the Yoo-nited States to state publicly his support for marriage equality, and bitching about suspect timing or impure motives is so much pissing into good beer.
This is a solid goddamned win. Learn to enjoy it already!
Shees.
(Screenshot taken from Slate, because I keep forgetting how to do screenshots.)
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we really have gotten spoiled by our relative prosperity, scares me about how bad things will have to get before people get over themselves and get real about the issues and the stakes.
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