Chapter 6 Question 1

President Obama’s position against legalizing same-sex marriage is not consistent with his belief that all people are to have equal rights and opportunities, regardless of their sexual orientation. When Obama uses the term rights, he is referring to “legal, social or ethical principles for freedom.” If Obama is against legalizing same-sex marriage, he is denying people of their rights according to most people. Whether this decision is right or not is up to the people, but in this situation, there is a conflict with Obama’s argument. I think that Obama would respond to Nava and Dawidoff’s argument by stating that same-sex marriage would go against many religions. I think that Obama is trying his best to keep as many votes as possible and because there are more people who are against same-sex marriage than those who are for same-sex marriage, he would rather appease the majority to attain the most votes. I don’t think that Obama would say that same-sex marriage is a denial of the basic rights of gays and lesbians because they are free to choose what they wish. On the other hand, legalizing same-sex marriage could open a brand new box of worms.

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