While of course having a President who support same-sex marriage is a good thing, just coming out and saying it should be legal does nothing for those people. And where was he yesterday, or anytime before that? This is quite obviously jumping on the outrage at the result of Amendment 1 passing in an effort to gain more votes. And to say otherwise is silly, because he could have done this ANYTIME. I certainly think some people in North Carolina (where I happen to live) would have voted against if he had come out in support of same-sex marriage before this. Especially considering he won NC in the last election.

And let's look at his actions. His Department of Justice chose to exempt immigrants from PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act), while deporting over a million undocumented immigrants, increasing the risks of the rape of immigrants. Oh and also, Bradley Manning (who is part of the GLBT community) is being illegally detained and potentially facing the death penalty for exposing U.S. war crimes.

Empty words backed with no action.