We’ve been hearing a great deal lately about Barack Obama and
his courage; or what passes for courage when a lapdog media is in
control of its definition. Although I generally pass up most of
what comes from the pens of liberal pundits, one couldn’t hide this
week from the deluge of presidential paeans.
First up were adoring tributes to the bravery of a man who
merely gave the okay to a mission that was years in the making but
was actually carried out by truly heroic men who are not usually
beloved by the media. Men who, in just a few years, will return
home to be treated as possible terror suspects by an Obama
Administration who gleaned the benefits of their valor without any
commensurate risks. In covering this story, a real show of courage
would have been one in which the media expressed just a sliver of
curiosity about the details of the bin Laden rubout and disposal at
sea.
No sooner did we catch our breath from the giddy bin Laden death
celebrations, when, thanks to Joe Biden’s latest case of oral
diarrhea, President Obama was able to summon his vast stores of
courage to thrill leftists everywhere by coming out of the closet
on gay marriage. Now, being a bitter, Christian clinger, I
subscribe to the idea that a man will be known by his fruits; and
if ever a man’s actions demonstrated overt support for the
homosexual agenda, that man is indeed Barack Obama.
His historic snubbing of Congress by refusing to defend the
Defense of Marriage Act, his demoralizing politicization of our
military by ending “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,” and probably his most
radical and underpublicized act of all, making homosexual “rights”
a
priority in determining American foreign policy, have spoken
for him. And yet, bowing to the cravings of a truly slobbering
media, he declared his outright affirmation of homosexual
marriage.
Was this announcement historic and unexpected? Yes and maybe.
But was it courageous? That would be a resounding no. It was, as
are most election-year revelations, simply a case of pandering to
his base; as the Washington Post
reports, one in six of his campaign “bundlers” are openly
homosexual. Even the New York Times
admits that “Most Americans suspect that President Obama was
motivated by politics.”
Yet it is claimed that he is courageous because blacks, like
most of America, are opposed to gay marriage. But in truth, where
else would they go? Would Obama’s “courage” on this issue drive
them suddenly into the arms of the lily-white Mitt Romney? One
would like to think so, but they, like most Americans who allow
themselves to be bullied into groupthink, will probably stay with
their enablers, just like unfaithful Catholics and Jews who ignore
their faith teaching in favor of the allures of liberal popular
culture.
And the pressure from our arbiters of culture is growing in
desperation. Employing the liberal tactic of using polls to
influence opinion rather than track it, they are fond of citing
their findings in favor of gay marriage. But polling on the subject
is far different from the polling that counts: in the ballot box.
How many Americans would actually tell a pollster that they are
repulsed by homosexual marriage and shudder to think of their
children choosing that “lifestyle”? Yet, voters in 30 states have
virtually decided that very thing by amending their constitutions
to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman.
And so it might seem that a president’s advocating such an
electorally unpopular position would indeed be an act of courage,
were it not for one thing: he said he believes that it is an issue
to be decided by the states. Funny he doesn’t feel that way about
immigration, healthcare or abortion though, but it’s only
window-dressing after all. Because it has allowed him to continue
to associate himself with the oppressed, and as we all know, those
who speak out against Obama now will not only be branded as
racists, but hateful homophobes as well.
So no, the president showed no courage here; only cold,
political calculation. The only courage on this issue will be
demonstrated by those who break free from politically correct
thinking and vote on what’s best for America; an America that is
hopefully getting sick and tired of this browbeating on the subject
of their intolerance of whichever victim of majority oppression is
on the menu today. I think they’ve had quite enough of our first
“black/woman/gay president,” and simply desire another “American
president.”
