Gay glossy The Advocate has
endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term as president.
An image of the Lincoln Memorial's
bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln seated in contemplation
doctored to replace Lincoln with Obama under the headline “IN OBAMA
WE TRUST” graces the current issue of America's leading publication
of gay interests, now 45 years old. At the bottom of the monument,
the publication added: “President Obama's declared support for the
right of same-sex couples to marry caused a seismic shift in American
politics. Never again will the country be the same.”
In the accompanying cover
story, Editor in Chief Matthew Breen states that “by virtue of
this unique position” the president's “endorsement of marriage
equality is not merely rhetoric.”
“His words constitute action. On the
very face of it, his statement is enormous, and has the power to move
millions in a way that a statement from no other person could have.”
“As a result of Obama's declaration …
we will never again see a Democratic presidential nominee emerge from
the primary system with an anti-equality stance.”
Breen goes on to contrast Obama's views
with those of his presumed GOP rival Mitt Romney.
“Whether his shifting positions are
the result of fear of blowback from an increasingly conservative GOP
or just a personal devolution, one can safely assume that a Romney
administration would be unlikely to appoint a U.N. ambassador or
secretary of State who would promote LGBT rights internationally.”
He concludes: “We cannot expect any
president to be the balm for all our ills, but Obama has demonstrated
through word and deed that he is capable of understanding and
tackling the issues, with foresight and intellect, that affect a
minority population, particularly the last group of people it’s
still legally permissible to deny rights to in the United States.”