He changed his opinion because he was told to. You were duped. .
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Yes...Obama changed his position on gay marriage and in case you forgot, he > came out publically for it. He has always been very friendly to the LGBT > community, even when he, personally, was still against gay marriage. > > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 11:36 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Mozilla CEO Eich resigns after controversy - CNET > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > They didn't support Prop 8...they were against it Sam... > > > Ahh, words do mean things, don't they? You're right that they didn't > support Prop 8, but... > > Obama didn't directly support Prop 8, however when asked during the 2008 > election he responded that he, "personally considered marriage to be > between > a man and woman, and supported civil unions that confer comparable rights > rather than gay marriage" (Prop 8 Wiki) > > Biden for DOMA and Hillary said she would have voted for it during her > Senate campaign. > > But hey, positions "evolve" don't they? > > Hillary's did in 2008, when she released a statement that, "I support > repealing the provision of DOMA that may prohibit the federal government > from providing benefits to people in states that recognize same sex > marriage. I strongly support ensuring people in stable, long-term same sex > relationships have full equality of benefits, rights, and > responsibilities," > ( > http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0607/Hillary_repudiates_DOMA.html) > > What floors me about this whole thing is the stink that's being made. The > guy donated $1,000 to a campaign that brought in $39 Million, big whoop. I > think this commentary sums up my personal position nicely: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2014/04/05/backlash-against-brendan- > eich-crossed-a-line/ > > Though there's a good section in another Forbes editorial: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/04/04/mozillas-brendan-eich-pers > ecutor-or-persecuted/ > > On the other side, the sharpest critic of Eich's ouster is Andrew Sullivan, > the popular writer of the Daily Dish blog who is openly gay and an early > supporter of gay marriage. "The whole episode disgusts me - as it should > disgust anyone interested in a tolerant and diverse society," he wrote. "If > this is the gay rights movement today - hounding our opponents with a > fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else - then count me > out." On Twitter, many agreed with Sullivan. "The mob got their man," wrote > Matt Galligan, CEO of news startup Circa. "While I disagree with his > beliefs > @BrendanEich gave us JavaScript and helped build Mozilla & Netscape. Just > $1,000 to Prop 8 now his legacy." > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
