Selling Us Down the River, Barack?

Tonight, we stayed in and caught some of the Faith Forum on CNN.

There’s Barack, courting votes and racking up applause at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church by pronouncing, “Marriage is between a man and a woman.”

(Remember during the 2004 Vice-Presidential Debates when Barack’s compatriot John Edwards went one better than Barack by saying, “Marriage is between a man and a woman, period.” Almost four years later, at the Democratic primaries, Edwards shuddered as he stated how difficult it was for him to concede even civil unions to gay couples. A few months after that, the lid was blown off just how much Edwards honors the very institution of marriage that he wishes to exclude gays from sharing with his more righteous set.)

Another sell-out sound byte from Barack, “I’m not someone who promotes gay marriage.”

He capped off his defense of civil unions by saying that hospitals should allow gay partners to visit each other “whether I personally agree with it or not.” The “it” is homosexuality – whether or not it’s morally right to be in a same-sex partnership. And, by the tone and context of his statement, he was trying to reassure evangelicals that he doesn’t believe gay relationships are right.

As far as I can tell, Barack, you’re no better than McCain on this issue. Not now, that is. It wasn’t always like this.

I used to love you, but you’ve steadily lost my respect.

You’ve deeply offended me.