I thought he made a great speech yesterday, but he's going to have to at some point in time come down off his rhetorical mountain into the valley of decision where public policy is made.
Perkins critiques President Obama's need to translate rhetoric into actionable policy.
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Well, I think he knows his history. Bill Clinton took on the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military and it cost him greatly in terms of political capital.
This is about redefining marriage. It's not about what -- you try to compare this to interracial marriage. It's not the same thing.
America has both a legal and moral obligation to speak and act on behalf of religious freedom.
The reality is the president has to choose between delivering to a radical but small and vocal portion of his base or keeping the support of a lot of moderates that he needs to pass other issues like health care reform.