GAY MARRIAGE

An analysis on how changes in straight marriage paved the way for legal gay marriage.  Between the 1970s and 1990s, however, most Americans came to view marriage as a relationship between two individuals who were free to organize their partnership on the basis of personal inclination rather than preassigned gender roles.

Obama's advocacy of gay marriage:

1. National Review:  And even though we consider his support of redefining marriage a deep error, he has done the nation a favor by revealing the truth about his position.
2. Public Discourse:  The president was dishonest in stating his opposition to gay marriage in the 2008 election campaign.  So why did Obama make such an announcement now? The Grenell affair assured him, I think, that a theme of “anti-gay bigotry” can be usefully deployed against social conservatives generally, and against Romney in particular.
3. Andrew Sullivan, "The first gay president."
4. Reasons for supporting gay marriage.

The Bible:  Gen. 2:24; Gen. 3:16; Gen. 4:1; Gen. 18:33 to Gen. 19; Gen. 19.5; Lev. 18:22; Lev. 20:13; Deut. 23:17, 18; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 15:12; 1 Kings 22:46; 1 Cor 6:9-10; II Tim. 3:3; Rom. 1:26-27; Jude 1:7; II Peter 2:6-7.