Second Blog (9/1/12) Question #1

President Barack Obama has an extremely hard job, which is to be able to critically think about every decision that he makes. He has to not only think of things on a personal level but on a presidential level as well. His beliefs might be different then what he decides to promote. This then alludes to what an amazing critical thinker he is. He does not give arguments of same sex marriage based on his opinion because if he did that then he would be criticized for making a decision for everyone, which is not his job. The President is supposed to be the face of our country and is suppose to up hold the countries beliefs. If he chose for us then the country would want to impeach him or riot. So for him to state that he is opposed to legalizing same sex marriage on a federal level means that he is not willing to make a decision on his own without the consent of the rest of the country. As an American citizen he might believe something else but that is personal and he knows that so he does not state that as his federal belief because he is just one man with one opinion not a whole country.

Obama also might agree with Nava and Dawidoff's argument that is "prohibiting same-sex marriage is a denial of the basic rights of gays and lesbians who wish to marry". This however, are just individuals not the whole country. Obama can take opinion and turn them into arguments because then his argument would be filled with bias and fallacies, which would ruin all credibility to his argument. I think Obama is waiting on more people like Nava ana Dawidoff's to voice their opinion on the topic and letting the country as a whole decide before making things legal or illegal. This is a clear demonstration of what an amazing critical thinker President Barack Obama is.