Gay Equality in Obamianity and Christianity

From Ben Smith's Blog at Politico.com:

An interesting moment came when he was asked a question about LGBT rights and delivered an answer that seemed to suit the questioner, listing the various attributes — race, gender, etc. — that shouldn't trigger discrimination, to successive cheers. When he came to saying that gays and lesbians deserve equality, though, the crowd fell silent. So he took a different tack: "Now I’m a Christian, and I praise Jesus every Sunday," he said, to a sudden wave of noisy applause and cheers. "I hear people saying things that I don’t think are very Christian with respect to people who are gay and lesbian," he said, and the crowd seemed to come along with him this time.

Obamianity, unlike large segments of Christianity, is willing to take a stand for gay equality. It is noteworthy that Obama is trying to sell gay rights using Christian language and values.

Comments

[dlw]

It's good but sadly there are nuances in what is meant by equality and what gets thrown under homosexuality in popular usage is more heterogenous than people think.

dlw