Obama finally comes out in support of marriage equality...alas, too late for North Carolina

smallship1 has expressed irritation with me on Facebook for complaining about yesterday's historic statement by President Barack Obama that his views on same-gender marriage have finally finished "evolving" and he supports marriage equality for all. For those not on FB, here's the text of my posting and his reply:

Me: "I have only one thing to say: IT'S ABOUT GODDAMNED TIME!!! And at that, he had to be pushed into finally coming down on the right side by Biden and Duncan."

Him: "It's amazing how even a really major step forward can be parlayed into "gosh, he's lucky we're still willing to give him the time of day". Doesn't matter who pushed him. Doesn't matter why. Doesn't even matter if the people who want this are happy about it, or complaining because they wanted a blue one with polka dots. He said it. That is what matters. May it mean more to the people who are undecided than it obviously does to us."
( Long ranty political post follows. Look back of the cut at your own peril. )