Obama and Same-Sex Marriage

President Obama’s position on same sex marriage is not consistent with his belief on equal rights for everybody. I feel that if he was being consistent then he would allow same sex couples to be married regardless of federal or state levels. However by allowing gay couples to get married on the state level does show he is considerate of their right and ‘feelings’ and wants to give them equal rights, but the fact that he does not allow their marriage to be recognized on a federal level shows how he is inconsistent with equality for everybody. I feel that President Obama would respond to Nava and Dawidoff’s argument by stating that he cannot simply do whatever he wants on the federal level, he needs to be supports by congress and that allowing state level marriages or civil unions is the best he can do to give same sex couples the chance of having equal rights as heterosexual marriages.