The CDC recently reported that 50% of black gay men will contract HIV, which is scary given the growing gay lifestyle promotion as a result of the Pride movement. Now homosexuality is on super speed in the black community where you see a surge in gay black males particularly in urban communities like Atlanta, LA, and throughout the south. I just think we could have given all Americans their deserved equal rights without challenging the biblical definition of marriage. Obama stuck to his commitment to the LGBTQ community when he backed unprecedented legislation that expanded the sacred biblical “marriage” characterization to gay and transgender couples. I was just a little bothered by his policies, which too often went against the word of God. I applaud President Obama for openly saying Jesus and quoting powerful scripture on many occasions. The debate is still out there as to whether the Obama years brought the country farther from our Christian foundation. I’m sure both were important issues to him at some level, but in politics you have to prioritize as all presidents know they are on a short timeline. I’m all for equal rights for gays and lesbians, but I think the large campaign donations hypnotized Obama to prioritize gay marriage over bringing quality education and criminal justice reform to the ancestors of our ailing former slave population.
Remember it was sold as a plan which would not increase your healthcare bill or limit your access. Obamacare was a noble effort, but the blatant lies told in order to pass it have been the catalyst which is leading to its demise today. Obama ironically boasted about giving out more food stamps than any other president in U.S. The Obama administration chose to pour food stamps on our most underserved with few effective programs to incentivize our impoverished to go to work. Yet I remained faithful and hopeful that the second term would bear more fruits for the poorest, sickest, and most uneducated segment of the U.S. And I vividly remember watching eight years of focusing on countless core issues that had no real effect on blacks in America. I remember being able to recite the “Yes We Can” speech line by line. I proudly created and ran the “NFL Players for Obama” in 2008.
Liability for the information given being complete or correct.I remember the move when I donated my entire office and all of the furniture and equipment to the Obama campaign to launch the Minnesota Headquarters in 2007. In 11 countries, the death penalty is imposed or at least a possibility for private, consensual same-sex sexual activity. In spite of the progress made in recent years, homosexual activity remains criminalized in 71 countries, mostly in the Middle-East, Africa, and Asia. Similarly, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Indonesia have incredibly low rates of LGBT acceptance. Trends vary across Europe, however, with respondents in Eastern Europe being less tolerant of the LGBT community, particularly in Ukraine and Russia. Overall, acceptance of the LGBT community is highest in Western Europe, Canada, and Australia, where more than 80 percent of the public declaring that homosexuality should be accepted by society, with Sweden heading the ranking. Similarly, in South Korea, South Africa, and in the United States, the level of acceptance grew considerably between 20. In Kenya, only one percent of respondents in 2002 declared any acceptance of homosexuality, whereas this increased to 14 percent by 2019. Today, 74 percent of young American adult support same-sex marriage.Īttitudes towards homosexuality vary by region or country, though global trends generally suggest that acceptance of homosexuality is increasing. Although originally opposing gay marriage, President Obama changed his stance to support same-sex marriage during his re-election campaign in 2012 while a majority of surveyed voters said this decision did not affect their opinion of him, almost half of Republican respondents stated their opinion of him had become less favorable. In recent decades, the most significant steps forwards for the LGBT communities were taken under the Obama administration. Since taking office, the Biden administration has prioritized the expansion of LGBT rights and protections, many of which had been rolled back during the preceding four years. These shifting attitudes can be reflected in American politics.