I missed this until Chris Graham brought it to my attention: On April 30, 2013, Obama said it:
“I told him I couldn’t be prouder. You know, one of the extraordinary measures of progress that we’ve seen in this country has been the recognition that the LGBT community deserves full equality, not just partial equality, not just tolerance but a recognition that they’re wholly a part of the American family,” the president told reporters at the White House Tuesday.
“Given the importance of sports in our society for an individual who’s excelled at the highest levels in one of the major sports to go ahead and say, ‘This is who I am. I’m proud of it. I’m still a great competitor. I’m still seven-foot tall and can bang with Shaq. And, you know, deliver a hard foul.
“I think a lot of young people out there who are gay or lesbian who are struggling with these issues to see a role model like that, who’s unafraid, I think it’s a great thing. And I think America should be proud that this is just one more step in this ongoing recognition that we treat everybody fairly. And everybody’s part of a family. And we judge people on the basis of their character and their performance, and not their sexual orientation. So I’m very proud of him.”
via “I couldn’t be prouder” of Jason Collins, Obama says – CBS News.
There is no libertarian contract in a pluralistic society in this President’s mind. Reading the president’s words on homosexuality makes me understand now why he is so willing to jail marijuana users and ignore state laws to the contrary. Barack Obama clearly has no capacity to imagine something wrong, harmful. or immoral being legal. If it is legal, it must be good and must be promoted and accepted by everyone. If it is not good and should not be promoted and accepted by everyone, then it deserves SWAT raids and prison time.
There is no tolerance of other people making good or bad choices that are theirs to make and suffer or benefit from. There is only one American “family” and we all have to obey one daddy–so he can say that he is proud of us.


Gavin Ortlund has written a 

It is pretty common to hear conservatives or libertarians deride “fiat currency” as if it is worthless trash. They are absolutely right to insist that it is flawed. And those flaws will certainly lead to a bad end some day. But that is not the same as claiming it is “worthless.” If it were worthless, no one would give you anything in exchange for it. But they do.
