In 1996 Barack Obama supported same-sex marriage, though Obama supporter, Kmiec, says his present views would likely establish it nationwide.
It can be found in the Wayback Machine here. There’s a regular web version here. Scroll down to 13th District.
According to Obama supporter, Doug Kmiec, if the senator’s present position–calling for the repeal of the 1996 Federal Defense of Marriage Act –would become a reality, it would lead to the proliferation of same-same marriage nationwide, which Senator Obama presently claims he opposes while also opposing bans on same-sex marriage. (Don’t ask me to try to make those two positions coherent.) Professor Kmiec made these comments in August 2007.
I think someone else has already said this on this blog, but it would be fascinating to witness a debate between pre-2008 Doug Kmiec and 2008 Doug Kmiec.
Oops, I didn’t realize that Crankycon. Still worth repeating.
No, I meant someone else said what I had said about the debate. This is the first time I have seen someone really get in the wayback machine and quote Kmiec when he was still rational. Good stuff.
In 2007, Kmiec describes Obama’s position on same-sex marriage as “inherently at war with itself”. It’s also a good description for Kmiec’s current pro-life/pro-Obama position.
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You will hurt yourself trying to find logic and meaning in things Kmiec says.