Reply #48: You are reading a bit much into Obama's statement.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

He didn't say, "I disagree with him because gay people are not defective, and being gay is not a choice, or a disease to be cured, or a demon to be exorcised."

What he said boils down to "Blacks and gays should work together, SO I disagree with this gut's views." The views are not characterized. The nature of the disagreement is not characterized. And the reason for disagreement is stated as arising from the need for blacks and gays to get along, not arising from any theory of gay rights.

Read the statement and you'll see what I'm saying.

And, lest one think I have read too much (or too little) into it... puh-lease. You know they spent hours on this, considering every word. It is a crafted document, not an off-the-cuff comment.

The bottom line is that the statement is intentionally devoid of meaning.