2. So far what I know about my topic is that Obama supports the Freedom to Marry and Romney doesn't. I also know that the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy that kept many servicemen and servicewomen in the closet was abolished, but there are talks of putting a new policy into place that will keep gay couples from marrying.
3. What I want to learn about is the plan for Obama if he wins the re-election. How will he support gay couples who want to have the freedom to marry? How will he go about creating a law that allows for same sex marriages? How important is this issue to him?
4. Some of the sources I have found so far are articles discussing Obama's viewpoint on the Freedom to Marry. Many of them tell how Obama switched sides from being against same sex marriage to being for it after some thought on the subject. The most interesting source I have so far is the article written by a man who photographed closeted servicemen and servicewomen during the Don't Ask Don't Tell period of time. I have a radio interview with the photographer, his personal website with the photos themselves, and an article that he wrote a year after the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell.
5. I'm not entirely sure what form I want my project to take. I think I would like it to be multimodal.
6. I think I would like to create a series of letters from a homosexual serviceman to Obama asking for help with his Right to Marry anyone he chooses. I may also take pictures on some friends with their partners to represent the photos that I found in one of my sources.
7. I think pictures would be one of the best modes to use in my project, especially since I found the photos taken for the Don't Ask Don't Tell project. These pictures are very moving, and as they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words"
8. I honestly have no idea how to create a timeline, so would someone please comment below and help me with this?
9. I would like feedback from the question above, and also on how I should go about presenting the Freedom to Marry platform to audiences. If I could find a speech from President Obama and maybe a counter speech from Romney to have playing in the background I think it would be beneficial. Possibly have some of the more upsetting pictures from the Don't Ask Don't Tell project laid out on the page with Romney bashing gays in the background. Any thoughts?