Californians vote to give chickens more elbow room, make gays second class citizens

Full disclosure: I voted for the chickens to have more elbow room. Now it is a leap to say that we here in California value chickens more than gays - but it is an interesting juxtaposition and I don't doubt that many Yes on 8 voters do value chickens more than gays.
Also - most gay Californian did vote for Obama despite his tepid support of gay rights and occasional outright homophobia. There is no inherent contradiction in this, especially given the choices.
What Obama COULD do now is speak out forcefully against Prop 8. The "He had to do that to get elected." ethically empty horseshit that Pods repeated like ventriloquist dummies during the campaign is now no longer operable. Obama has promoted himself as an agent of change, opening a new era in American life. He could stake a claim to greatness even before he takes office by condemning the yes on 8 vote as a retrograde move that harms millions of citizens. He was against prop 8 during the campaign. All he has to do now is reiterate his opposition, in front of a microphone.

I would like to see the gay men and women who were cheer leading for Obama all year demand that Obama speak out against the implementation of Prop 8.

He won't. Why? He's a coward. The FISA flip flop is indicative of what liberals can expect and should have expected all along from President Obama. Weasels like Huffington and Andrew Sullivan made excuses when Obama did a 180 on FISA. Values and ethical standards be damned. The Whole Foods Left ditched their moral compass to get on the bandwagon.

Obama says he wants one America, an America of inclusion. If he means it he'll speak out against prop 8 now.