“I simply must stop being so shocked*.”

Barack Obama 1996:

“I favor legalizing same-sex marriages,and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages,” Obama wrote in the typed, signed, statement.

There was no use of “civil unions,” and “no compromise whatsoever,” the Windy City Times story today notes.

On another questionnaire the same year, Obama said he would support a resolution in support of same-sex marriage.

Barack Obama 2007:

“I’m a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition, and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman.”

I wonder when Obama became a Christian or at least when he decided that the United States should be governed according to the Bible. Either way, this is 100% indefensible. You are of course welcome to try — I do love hearing about the three dimensional game of chess Obama is playing at the grandmaster level. More like Grand Wizard level.

Last word to Charles Lemos at MyDD:

What gives Barack? And how can we get you to change your mind again? You realize that on election night, the Castro here in San Francisco rejoiced at your election. I cried and I was hardly your biggest fan. I can walk down any of the streets in my neighborhood and find Obama signs still in the window. I wonder how many of those will come down once this gets out which it will.

To be honest, I feel really betrayed. I don’t just expect better from you, I demand it. Please get it together and honor your principles.