Obama is not strong ally of gay Americans I wish he was because he should lead on this issue its the one issue where compromise is a moral flaw. So he has a extremely flawed position on equality but he is advancing marriage equality because despite what I would call his political cowardice because if the courts rule in favor of equality
It will be because of his judicial philosophy which runs contrary to his position on this issue and that is extremely disappointing to me but he is still connected on this issue