What an extraordinary chap Barack Obama has turned out to be. For a President to come out (no pun intended) for gay marriage in an election year is nothing short of heroic. He'll win a lot of support from the gay community and more poignantly, according to a counsellor chum I recently spoke too, he will send a strong positive message to countless young people, on the verge of suicide because of their sexuality and subsequent harassment by their peers, that the President of the United States is telling them that they are not alone.
Mitt Romney on the other hand is sticking to his ideal that marriage is only relevant if it is between a man and a woman - but being a Mormon, does that mean a man and a woman and a woman and a woman and a woman ad infinitum? On the other hand, if he did become President, think of all the events his First Ladies  could cover...!
Obama has paved the way for acceptance of an issue that is as irrelevant and as abhorrent as the condemnation of mixed race marriages 20 years ago. 
Way to go, Obama - let's hope your country realises that they deserve a man of principle as opposed to men of trickle down sycophancy.