‘The Times They Are A-Changin’

A Niagara At Large Brief

A few days back, Niagara At Large gave U.S. President Barack Obama a pat on the back for coming out in what is the socially conservative country he is now running for a second term of office in, and saying that he accepts same-sex marriages.

“At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” said Obama in an interview with ABC News this May 9. 

For those who may still not appreciate how groundbreaking a statement that is coming from “the leader of the free world,” Niagara At Large is posting the following video, bluntly titled ‘Beware of the Homosexual’ a portrait of homophobia at its worst. It was , produced in the U.S. as a ‘public service announcement” in 1961– the same year Barack Obama was born. 

For some of us pressing for social change on economic and environmental justice, and a number of fronts, it sometimes seems like we are making no headway and are, in some cases, drifting backward. 

On the issue of more tolerance for gay and lesbian people, however, a contrast between this abbhorent video, show to millions of people, including school children across North American, and Obama’s statement of May 9, we have taken a giant leap forward to the promised land of equality for all.

Check out the video – Beware of the Homosexual – by clicking on the image above

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