President Obama had by far the best week of his Presidency last week and the best week for Progressive Politics in years. The legalzation of same sex marriages, banning of the Confederate Flag, and affordable health care truly bought the United States into the 21st Century and has placed Obama into the same category as Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson as the top Progressive Presidents this Country has ever seen.
Same Sex Marriage has been legal in many Christian European countries for years so the fact that it was not recognized throughout the most recognized Democratic Country in the world was ridiculous. Opposition to the recognition of same sex marriage in this country, i.e mostly Republicans, forget that our country is built upon the Separation of Church and State for a reason. I am a heterosexual male who is personally against abortion but I would fight for the rights of my fellow citizens to make decisions about their own body and whom they love and I am glad President Obama and our government are doing the same!
It is wrong that some Southerns still associate the Confederate Flag as honoring their ancestors who fought for the Confederacy. Your ancestors fought to keep the horrible and disgusting institution of slavery as a fabric of this Country. They were traitors to this Nation. You don't see Germans honoring their descendants who fought in World War II marching around with Nazi paraphernalia. The flag will be banned but only a strong education will get rid of racism in future generations.
All Americans have the right to affordable healthcare. Opponents to Obamacare equate it to socialized medicine. Those opponents should go live a few years with their families in a country that truly has socialized medicine such as Canada or Sweden. We are the richest country in the world and no American with good intentions should have to go through the nightmare of not having access to good doctors and medicine for themselves and their loved ones. Obamacare insures that won't happen.
I have not always agreed with all of President Obama's policies but last week he showed me something. He took the lesson he learned growing up as a bi-racial American and fought for legislation that is for the Good for All of Us and that's what a true leader does.
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