President Obama goes before Congress tonight to give his State of the Union address, a long-winded laundry list of policy wishes punctuated by partisan applause or the occasional loony Representative. The fact that basketball player Jason Collins will be among the select guests suggests that Obama is going to have something to say about LGBT issues, using Collins as a human prop.
Exactly what the president will say remains to be seen. But Queerty would like to suggest five things we would dearly love to hear Obama talk about in the speech, but that the president will likely never say.
The Supreme Court didn’t go far enough on marriage equality. The Supreme Court went as far as it felt it could getting too far ahead of public opinion. Much as I hate to disagree with my friend Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the piecemeal approach does not work. Things are moving much faster than the court anticipated, and lower courts agree. It’s time for marriage equality to be the law of the land.
Any antigay violence at the Sochi Olympics and we’re out of there. I’ve been watching the increasing attacks on the LGBT community with alarm. The U.S. will not implicitly tolerate those attacks by remaining silent during the Winter Olympics. If there is any antigay violence, directed not just at athletes and visitors but at Russian citizens, during the Games, the U.S. will end our participation in the competition.
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I applaud the Republican party stand on gay issues, because it guarantees Democrats will keep winning the White House. Keep up the great work at rebranding the party, loyal opposition. You’re making sure that young people will establish a life-long habit of voting against you. Meantime, all the people you are trying to impress will keep getting older and die out, leaving you with no one.
George W. Bush had a better international AIDS policy than I do. My predecessor left me with a crippling recession, a giant deficit and two impossible wars, but when it comes to AIDS policy, he was a better president than I am. I’ve slashed billions from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, despite its proven record of saving thousands of lives. It’s one of the biggest mistakes of my administration.
I’m okay with outing hypocrites, Aaron. I’m sorry. Did I just use my out-loud voice?
balehead
“All feminists are self hating closet cases”….explains a lot…
Cam
@balehead:
And you were referencing….what exactly?
thecoloradohiker
Sure I will get lots of haters but who care. Let’s forget he should resign for being a liar and raising my taxes and “you like your healthcare you can keep it. Like your doctor, you can keep going to your doctor”. Single issue voters killed America. Less freedom. Less rights. More welfare. More taxes. Laughing stock of the world for being weak. If you hate on my words shows your IQ
hyhybt
More a list of things it would be tempting to say, but are best not said. The Supreme Court hates it when other branches try to tell them what to do; if it had any effect at all, it would be to make them less inclined to make a favorable 50-state ruling in the near future. Announcing in advance that we’ll leave the Olympics if X happens just means that anybody who wants us to leave, or who just wants to feel powerful enough to affect world events, will cause trouble just to see it happen. And bluntly pointing out how helpful the opposition has been in certain areas is at best tacky and unlikely to have any positive effect.
alterego1980
@thecoloradohiker: I can not agree with your assessment of the President but it also shows what type of a person you are when you try to deflect criticism by typing “if you hate on my words shows your IQ”. If you’re not capable of handling a healthy debate about politics, because there is plenty in your comment up for debate, then it shows really how close-minded and partisan you are. so good luck with that