Kerry on Gay Marriage

JohnKerry.com ^ | 2/24/2004 | John Kerry

[stocksthatgoup]

February 24, 2004

For Immediate Release

“I believe President Bush is wrong. All Americans should be concerned when a President who is in political trouble tries to tamper with the Constitution of the United States at the start of his reelection campaign.

“This President can’t talk about jobs. He can’t talk about health care. He can’t talk about a foreign policy, which has driven away allies and weakened the United States, so he is looking for a wedge issue to divide the American people. “While I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, for 200 years, this has been a state issue. I oppose this election year effort to amend the Constitution in an area that each state can adequately address, and I will vote against such an amendment if it comes to the Senate floor.

“I believe the best way to protect gays and lesbians is through civil unions. I believe the issue of marriage should be left to the states, and that the President of the United States should be addressing the central challenges where he has failed – jobs, health care, and our leadership in the world rather than once again seeking to drive a wedge by toying with the United States Constitution for political purposes.”

[stocksthatgoup]

When you say "John Kerry" you have said it all.

[stocksthatgoup]

Dear Mr. Kerry how did your approach work in Massachussetts?

[stocksthatgoup]

Dear Mr. Kerry how did your approach work in Massachussetts?

[Colonel_Flagg]

All Americans should be concerned when a President who is in political trouble tries to tamper with the Constitution of the United States at the start of his reelection campaign.

As opposed to using it in the bathroom as Kerry and most Democrats delight in doing.

But keep digging, Lurch. Soon you'll be in deep enough to officially bury yourself.

[mewzilla]

I believe the issue of marriage should be left to the states...

Ummm, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Ketchup Boy vote against the Defense of Marriage Act?

[concerned about politics]

All Americans should be concerned when a President who is in political trouble

He still thinks he's fighting in Viet Nam. Someone call the patty wagon! He's lost his mind this time!

Bush is a well loved president.
Zogby said the polls are skewed toward Democrats because they're at home more. Sheesh
And Bush hasn't even started to campaign yet!!

Sniff sniff! I smell a Republican landslide in 2004. Yay!

[Spok]

Actually, this article should be entitled "Kerry on Bush on Gay Marriage". Everything this guy says loops back to his hatred of GWB. This man is either obsessive or his constituents are, or both.

[MACVSOG68]

and I will vote against such an amendment if it comes to the Senate floor.

Heh, heh, heh....That's the idea!

[mewzilla]

From this link:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to a bill that would deny federal recognition of same-sex marriages and give states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states...

If Johnny's all for letting the states decide, why did he vote against the Defense Of Marriage Act?

[junaid]

Maybe this is a naive question. What the f*&^ is the difference between a civil union and marriage?

[TSgt]

You got to love this:

"We meet during the presidential primary season. We're witnessing a clear trend -- it looks like we have a winner in the Republican primaries. (Laughter and applause.) The other party's nomination battle is still playing out. The candidates are an interesting group, with diverse
opinions: For tax cuts, and against them. For NAFTA, and against NAFTA. For the Patriot Act, and against the Patriot Act. In favor of liberating Iraq, and opposed to it. And that's just one senator from Massachusetts. (Laughter and applause.)"

[King Black Robe]

What a phony. And Bush did not choose the timing. The Massachusetts Supreme Court, the mayor of SF, and some idiot in NM chose the timing -- not to mention all the queer organizations who have been suing everyone under the sun, in other words forum shopping, to get what they cannot get in state legislatures.

FYI, Ketchup Boy, states aren't making the decisions, activist judges and mayors are.

[trebb]

About the only thing that Ketchup Boy believes in is that if he tells enough lies to enough people, he has a shot at the White House.

[Tempest]

LOL!!! This issue has been on the table much for much longer than just this year. And it wasn't the president that put this issue at the forfront. It was the scam artisit in San Francisco.

Poor Kerry he must hate having to deal with this issue right now. As it will reveal what a true fence walker he is.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Re: paragraph two: How can a presidential candidate fit so much nonsense into one paragraph?

“This President can’t talk about jobs.
You're right. In a free market economy, the president does not create jobs. He can only cut red tape and cut taxes. That creates jobs.

He can’t talk about health care.
The prescription drug giveaway comes to mind.

He can’t talk about a foreign policy, which has driven away allies and weakened the United States,
His foreign policy is about defending Americans and forcing dictators to follow the 17 (?) UN resolutions that they ignored. Who gives a damn what the French think when it was us who were attacked?

so he is looking for a wedge issue to divide the American people.
I don't believe that he forced the Mass. Supremes toward judicial activism or made Gavin Newsom break the law.

“While I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, for 200 years, this has been a state issue.
And you seek to force it on other states through the full faith and credit clause

I oppose this election year effort to amend the Constitution in an area that each state can adequately address, and I will vote against such an amendment if it comes to the Senate floor.
Yet you support the unconstitutional method of amending it-- forcing your crap on Americans via judges appointed for life.

Get a life, Jean Cherie. Americans aren't idiots, dumbass.

[concerned about politics]

This President can’t talk about jobs. He can’t talk about health care. He can’t talk about a foreign policy, which has driven away allies and weakened the United States, so he is looking for a wedge issue to divide the American people.

Why did Kerry want to debate Bush on the Vietnam war that ended 35 years ago? That was really stupid. And we LOST that war thanks to the heroism of Kerry and his friend Hanoi Jane!

Kerry can't talk about his OWN voting record because it's anti-American security.

Now, Bush hasn't even started, and he's trying to say Bush is avoiding a debate! On the other hand, Democrats are saying Republicans are in a panic because Bush spoke too early!

Are all Democrat totally insane? No wonder they're following Kerry. He fits the Democrat mold. Nuts!

And, Kerry is a flaming no good LIBERAL!!!

[lilylangtree]

Not fonda kerry mouthin' off again? Wish his chin would raise up and stop his mouth from flappin'.

[SAMWolf]

P.S.

[BFM]

How come you (Kerry) don't allow the the "states to decide" on abortion or on parential consent, John?

[BlessedByLiberty]

Well President Bush has said he'd take on our enemies at a time of our choosing - guess he's done it again!

President Bush allowed Newsom and the MA Supreme Court to dig themselves into a hole so deep even the DNC, Barney Frank and Boxer's pleadings to knock it off aren't working.