A lot of kids today are shocked to learn that even circa like 2006-12, almost all Democrats would only go as far as to say they didn’t think the state referenda trying to officially define marriage as one man-one woman that were common in that timeframe were necessary. Almost no one wanted gay marriage. Some were cool with “civil unions” which was even then seen as a cop-out by supporters. I’ve been challenged on that before, and then the follow-up was, surely that was just the white Democrats right?! And then I pull up stories on Obama and his “evolving” opinion.
A lot of kids today are shocked to learn that even circa like 2006-12, almost all Democrats would only go as far as to say they didn’t think the state referenda trying to officially define marriage as one man-one woman that were common in that timeframe were necessary. Almost no one wanted gay marriage. Some were cool with “civil unions” which was even then seen as a cop-out by supporters. I’ve been challenged on that before, and then the follow-up was, surely that was just the white Democrats right?! And then I pull up stories on Obama and his “evolving” opinion.