Another Obama Pretzel

When does "nuance" finally break down into utter confusion? (via Newsmax Insider):

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has come out in opposition to the California ballot initiative that would amend the state’s Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

In a letter sent to the Alice B. Toklas L.G.B.T. Democratic Club, a San Francisco gay rights group, Obama declared: “I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states.”

The California Marriage Protection Act, which will appear on the state’s November ballot, asserts: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

The move to amend California’s Constitution came after the May 15 decision by the state’s Supreme Court that gave same-sex couples the right to marry.

While Obama opposes the initiative, he remains opposed to same-sex marriage, the New York Times reported. He does support civil unions and domestic partnerships.

Obama expressed opposition to the amendment, on the ballot as Proposition 8, because “as we have seen in some states, enshrining a definition of marriage into the constitution can allow states to roll back the civil rights and benefits that are provided in domestic partnerships and civil unions,” campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told the Times.

Obama’s presumptive Republican rival John McCain announced his support for the initiative last month.

A Los Angeles Times/KTLA poll conducted shortly after the California Supreme Court decision found that 54% of registered voters surveyed supported the amendment, and 35% said they opposed it. [emphases added]

So, to summarize:

***Obama opposes his opponents working through the democratic process to enact measures he doesn't like, but he's perfectly happy with the courts undemocratically imposing policies he favors;

***Obama is tacking straight into the teeth of the will of a majority of Californians on a hot-button election year issue, but the latest Field poll shows him blowing out to a twenty-four point lead in the Golden State;

***Obama "personally opposes" sodomarriage, but politically opposes any and all efforts to curtail it and politically supports any and all efforts to impose it;

***He's raising both middle fingers at the same evangelical voting bloc 40% of which will, some continue to insist, cast their votes for him in November.

Either he's confused, or the rest of us are.