Obama spoke at a Manhattan fundraiser on Thursday and, although he did not specifically state that he supports gay marriage, told gay rights advocates that, "I believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple in this country." This took place against the backdrop of the current debate in the NY State Senate over whether or not to vote on a bill to legalize gay marriage in that state.
Of course his statement is a complete non sequitur, in that we all have the same "rights". And when it comes to marriage, every man has a right to marry a woman, and every woman a right to marry a man...or not. What this is really all about is the "de"...
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That’s what our Citizenship Sunday program is all about.
Thomas Jefferson, more than any other president, was concerned that the third branch of government, the judiciary -- which was supposed to be the weakest -- would become tyrannical and despotic. Of course, that is exactly what has happened in America. Jefferson had an extensive correspondence in his later years with his former political enemy, John Adams, and Adams' wife Abigail to a lesser degree.


