Gay Marriage

Obama is against gay marriage. Why? Broadly speaking, there are two possible reasons:

1. Bad politics - ie - he's really for it, but doesn't want to alienate voters over a minor issue (relative to the economy and the WOT).

2. Bad policy - ie - he truly believes marriage is between man and a woman.

I suspect it's more of #2 - that Obama isn't quite as liberal as liberals hope. At least on this issue. I say this because he isn't talking much about the the anti-gay marriage amendment proposition in California. Which...he would come out pretty strongly against if it were #1.