Can We Ever Get A Straight Answer from This Guy???

In a taped appearance on MTV, presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) gave a muddled statement of his position on same-sex "marriage." "I've stated my opposition to [Proposition 8, California's ban on homosexual "marriage"]. I think it's unnecessary," Obama said. "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about." Twenty-six states have state constitutional amendments that define the institution of marriage as the union of one man and one woman-and another 17 have laws that offer the same protections. Millions of Americans across this nation have spoken on what the the definition of marriage should be. In contrast, 12 activist judges in three states, California, Connecticut and Massachusetts, have abused their power to overturn the historical and biblical definition of marriage. Would Senator Obama say that the actions of these judges are what "America is about"? On this issue, we need leadership from our elected officials. They cannot merely vote "present" and think "absent" when it comes to marriage.