1. President Obama never promised to do anything but uphold the Defense of Marriage Act. 2. Neither did Hillary or McCain. 3. Civil unions are still achievable. 4. In the states that recognizes them. 5. Civil unions have all the same rights as traditional "marriage". 6. No federal government (hopefully) wants to make a law that gives absolute power to the federal government. 7. You want to change the world, start with your state first. Better yet, start with your county, city, township or local schools.