I keep hearing, from smart gay-friendly folks, two erroneous statements:
a) Marriage is just a state issue, it has nothing to do with the feds...
b) Marriage discrimination isn’t that much of a practical problem anymore -- folks can just move to MA or CA or CT!
Neither of those is true, and the next federal administration really could and should do a lot to make matters better on the ground for same-sex couples.
Or, to come at this a completely different way: I really, really identify with Michelle Obama’s statement about finally being proud of my country. She’s backpedaled away from the statement, and I understand why -- much as I understand why Barack has voiced his opposition to same-sex marriage -- but I’m sure that on some levels, she meant it, because I feel the same way.
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