How did democrat politicians go from saying we shouldn't legalize gay marriage to then saying you are a horrible homophobe if you are against it in a couple of years?
The answer is the same, some people just say what they think will give them the most power and advantages. If denying gay rights gives them votes? "Of course they shouldn't have any!" Wait, no, gay rights give votes?? "Oh, yeah anyone who doesn't give them rights is the worst!"
Almost all leaders are like that in a large enough population, since if you say what people want to hear you tend to bubble upwards.
In 2004 John Kerry lost the election due to two things. One of them was his support for gay marriage being legal. Stupid commericals like this one were made:
Obama was adamant that he did not support legislation to legalize gay marriage. When SCOTUS legalized it he was caught off guard but he and other Democrats were able to then fully embrace the issue. The nation’s view on the topic rapidly changed and now it is a nonissue for most Republicans.
John Kerry was for civil unions and against gay marriage in 2004. Not saying that position or what people claimed or thought his opinion was didn't effect it but he didn't come out pro gay marriage until much later.
Is say the swift boat thing and the flip flop accusations are what hurt him
Also many Republicans are still very anti gay marriage
Civil unions/gay marriage were essentially the same thing in the oppositon’s talking points. Slippery slopes and all that. Gay marriage was an issue that hurt him badly. Evidence for this is Obama being ok with gay marriage while running a campaign that was adamantly opposed to it.
Gay marriage is a virtual nonissue with Republican voters. They didn’t run on repealing it this past election cycle. They may care about it but not enough to run on the issue. DEI is the new fear mongering b.s. for the idiots.
My memory is that when he ran for President in 2008 he and the Demicratic Party made it clear there would be no federal push for gay marriage/civil unions.
According to the article he publicly held a variety of positions on the topic over the years. Apparently you can find a quote of his to fit whatever narrative one wants but they didn’t push for federal legislation on the isssue in 2009.
The answer is the same, some people just say what they think will give them the most power and advantages. If denying gay rights gives them votes? "Of course they shouldn't have any!" Wait, no, gay rights give votes?? "Oh, yeah anyone who doesn't give them rights is the worst!"
Almost all leaders are like that in a large enough population, since if you say what people want to hear you tend to bubble upwards.