Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Gayjá Vu: Race to the White House 2012 and the eternal flame of the gay-marriage debate

Those of you who have read this blog over the years will be aware that it often deal with numerous issues concerning both US policy and issues in society at large. Interestingly, while it was always the intention to keep things fresh and up to date, both in terms of the issues raised and the information provided, this endeavour has seemingly been hindered. In 2008, during the Presidential Campaign of Barack Obama, one of the key issues in the campaign discourse was the topic of gay marriage. Initially the thought was that, after the election of a somewhat liberal and open-minded guy, we would see changes and progress in policy amendments within both American society and the international community regarding attitudes to gay marriage as well as other issues that show signs of a still healthy relationship between church and state. Apparently not.