After a shocking statement by US president Barack Obama this week, people have been breaking keyboards and running up phone bills in the huge discussion about "SAME SEX" marriage.
For some this topic is "icky" and should be left alone....
For me, its well, just another topic nothing more nothing less.
For Barack Obama it could be the difference between winning or losing the next election.
Now, there are a good few ways of looking at his decision to "come out" about his support on "SAME SEX" marriage, whether they are right or not is very dependent of how you see it and how he intended for it to be received by the public. There is a risk and high probability that you are going to P*** off a good number of people, on the up side for every person you annoy there is always another person to take their place. From a political stance, winning votes because of a change of agenda is more or less gauged on what the people that are voting want out of their leader, so if you thought he'd said it to win VOTES, then congratulations you would be correct, but how and why he wants those votes is a totally different argument.
In today’s society, sexual orientation and every day interests are all changing. America has a "black president" and a “female with red hair” runs Australia. The opportunity for the government to "get with it and to stop brushing the topic under the rug has forever passed the gates of politics but no one has ever been brave enough to let it through, until now that is. Barack Obama "first African American" president of the United States has taken a huge leap of faith in supporting the ever growing topic of same sex marriage. As a man of many religious beliefs, Obama has changed the stigma about African American people as well as opened so many opportunities for those who have been minoritized by past governments and other high societal figures. His cultural diversity and willingness for change makes him the perfect person to deliver and implement the same sex marriage law, whether he gets to do this or not is well, something we will have to wait for, until then i believe he has opened a door that will bring US politics into the 21st century.
Australia’s take on this.... well that I have no clue on.
As our very own elections draw closer a bold move such as the one taken by Obama may be needed although it may been seen as a stretch considering the nature of the two parties, it could also be seen as a copy cat movement therefore cause more harm than good.
A rather large decision that will have to be looked at from as many angles as humanly possible.
All I can say is good luck to the man, especially for making such a large gesture. He is known for connecting with his followers; maybe this is him opening a new avenue of communication.
We shall see.
P.S
(Should there be such a thing as same-sex-marriage or should their be a same-sex 'union' recognised by law and leave out the word marriage?)
'Union' definition: the joining of things together, uniting.
Thesaurus: alliance, merger, synthesis coalition.
'Marriage' definition: the state of being married.
Thesaurus: matrimony, wedlock. (Wedlock the condition of being married)
Unless the two same sex individuals are starting a business together or are looking to take on politics directly, I would stay away from the word "UNION" as it says a number of things and none of those things states directly that the two individuals are together because of *LOVE* which at the end of the day is "Matrimony"
Union just emphasizes that over-arching issue EQUALITY now that is an "icky" topic...
