Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Michigan Republican Wants to 'Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again'
Twitter, on Monday calling for lawmakers to "Make gay marriage illegal again."Josh Schriver a Republican who has represented Michigan's 66th District since 2023 stated: "This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme," after calling for a repeal of same-sex marriage rights across the country.Make gay marriage illegal again.This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme.Schriver, who describes himself as 'Michigan's most conservative state representative,' has also been a vocal backer of other Republican causes, including cosigning on bills to bar trans athletes from school events and has supported putting doctors who perform abortions in jail.After expressing his views on same-sex marriage, he then posted a clip of former President Barack Obama, who was in the Oval Office when the Supreme Court ruled on the Obergefell v.
Hodges case legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, speaking at a debate for his Senate seat in 2004.In the clip of his speech posted by Schriver, which was given 20 years ago, Obama says: "I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman."Schriver captioned this video: "20 years ago, Barack Obama was more conservative on marriage than many Republicans today."America only "accepted" gay marriage after it was thrusted into her by a perverted Supreme Court ruling."America 2124 doesn't have to be as dysfunctional as America 2024."ORDER!
ORDER!"In response to Schriver, Michigan's Democratic attorney general Dana Nessel posted to X, saying: "Please explain how dissolving my marriage, or that of the hundreds of thousands of other same-sex couples living in America, provides a benefit to your constituents or anyone else.
You're not interested in helping Michiganders. You want only to hurt those you hate. Shame on you."Newsweek has emailed Schriver for comment.This is not the first time that Schiver has sparked conversation after posting on social media.
