Brody's Notes... The Los Angeles Times- Enough Agonizing, Mr. President

By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) DEC 30 | In today's edition of The Los Angeles Times, the editors write that while "President Obama says he is struggling with whether to endorse same-sex marriage. We say, support marriage equality."

The Times continues:

The president could spare himself that struggle if he would analyze the issue logically. If he did, he would recognize that it's irrational, once same-sex couples are given the practical advantages of marriage, to deny them married status. Civil unions, while a vast improvement over the absence of any recognition of same-sex relationships, are almost by definition second-class arrangements.

We'd prefer to think that such considerations wouldn't be uppermost in Obama's mind. What should determine his position is logic and the fact that same-sex couples across America, not just those in his circle, yearn for recognition of their relationships. Enough agonizing, Mr. President. Support marriage equality.

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