Well. President Obama has reversed his former stance on same-sex marriage. If you remember, in 2008 he said that he thought marriage should be between one man and one woman. NOW, he’s endorsed same-sex marriage.
To the press, this isn’t a flip-flop. Although the WH has admitted that it was gaffe-tastic Joe Biden who basically made them admit this now. They’d hoped to do it after the election.
But let’s pretend that this had been a Republican President. Here’s how (I think) the press would have handled it.
Q: Mr President, you used to believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman.
R: That’s correct. But after talking with people in the gay and lesbian community, my position has changed. It’s evolved.
Q: But don’t you think others will see this as yet another flip-flop? I mean, after all, it was only four years ago that you stated otherwise.
R: Well, as I said, my stance has evolved over the years.
Q: But don’t you see this as a flip-flop? Isn’t this really just to get the gay and lesbian community aboard your campaign for re-election? After all, you’ve changed your stance on a number of important issues so far. It seems …
A: As I said, my stance has evolved over the years. It’s not a flip-flop.
Q: But it was only four years ago, and I have the transcript here, that you stated that a marriage was between one man and one woman.
A:
And it would go from there. The press would pound our hypothetical Republican President for a flip-flop. For the Obamessiah, yet another pass.
Nothing new here.
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