Week 2 ; Ch.6 #1

 Same-sex couples/marriages have been a dilemma in the United States for a while now. President Barak Obama is all about equal rights, but when it comes to same-sex marriages, he doesn't approve of them. Why should gay and lesbian couples be treated differently than anyone else because after all, they're humans too. Since Obama doesn't agree with same-sex marriages, he isn't consistent in his beliefs of equal rights and opportunities for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation. He agrees with same-sex couples to an extent because he probably doesn't want to lose any of his supporters that also disapprove of this. In response to Nava and Dawidoff, Obama would most likely say that his stance isn't a denial of the basic rights of same-sex couples because he still supports them on a civil union level. He doesn't totally deny them, but if he were to support civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, I think he should support them completely on a federal level as well.