Barak Obama has declared that he opposes same sex marriage which contradicts his views about the equality of all people. He also says that he agrees with the civil union of same sex couples. I believe that these opposing positions have to do with the fact that he is the president of the U.S. Obama is a public figure and to get in higher positions he must please more people so saying that he disagrees with same sex marriage he appeals to the majority of people who disagree while appealing to gay and lesbian people who wish to be treated equally and want to be in a civil union.
If Obama was presented with Nova and Dawidoff’s argument, I believe that he would say that civil union gives gay and lesbian couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. But I also think that he would say that the way he was raised made him think that marriage is suppose to be between a man and woman. Even though he says that he believes in the civil rights of gay and lesbian people he does not support them completely making his position on the matter extremely contradicts.
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