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Kerry says people are born gay
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| 26 Mar 2004
Posted on 03/26/2004 3:45:37 PM PST by Guillermo
Kerry says people are born gay
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
The Associated Press
3/26/04 3:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he believes people are born gay but are not guaranteed the right to marry within their own gender.
"I think it's entirely who you are from birth, personally," Kerry said in an interview to be broadcast on MTV. "Some people might choose, but I think that it's, it's who you are. I think you have ... people need to be able to be who they are."
Asked why he favors civil unions instead of marriage if people are born gay, Kerry replied: "What is distinct is the institutional name or whatever people look at as the sacrament within a church, or within a synagogue or within a mosque as a religious institution. There is a distinction. And the civil state really just adopted that, and it's the rights that are important, not the sort of ... the name of the institution."
In a transcript released Friday by MTV for its Tuesday special "Choose or Lose: 20 Million Questions for John Kerry," the presumptive Democratic nominee said he favors civil unions to give people partnership, inheritance and other rights.
"I think that people have a right in America to be who they are," Kerry said. "I believe very strongly that we can advance the cause of equality by moving toward civil union."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; 2004election; chooseorlose; civilunion; civilunions; election2004; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; johnfairykerry; johnfancyladkerry; johnfeykerry; johnkerry; kerry; marriage; mtv; notanexpert; prisoners; prosodomite; pseudoscience; quack; sodomites
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And the Left says the Right is anti-science...
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:45:37 PM PST
by
Guillermo
To: Guillermo
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:49:10 PM PST
by
chance33_98
(Shall a living man complain? Oh how much fewer are my sufferings than my sins;)
To: Guillermo
"I think it's entirely who you are from birth, personally," Well, Kerry was born to look like Herman Munster. .....and to lose a Presidential election like Walter Mondale.
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:49:20 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Guillermo
And the Left says the Right is anti-science... No kidding! That notion was all based upon a single study that has since been discredited...of course truth is not really required if you're on the left. Or rather, since truth is subjective, if one repeats a lie often enough it becomes truth to the left.
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:50:05 PM PST
by
highlander_UW
("Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Benjamin Franklin)
To: Guillermo
Watch closely for the flipflop on this one.
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:50:29 PM PST
by
firebrand
To: Guillermo
Of course, Kerry voted against the Defense of Marriage Act.
And he does not support a constitution amendment banning gay marraige.
Al Franken wrote "Lies and the lying liars who tell them". I think Kerry should be the first whole chapter, but of course Franken is perfectly comfortable with lies as long as they are liberal lies, and only have to do with sex.
To: Guillermo
Has Kerry flip flop on gay marriage?
I suspect he has changed his mind about gay marriage and civil unions.
To: firebrand
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:52:59 PM PST
by
chance33_98
(Shall a living man complain? Oh how much fewer are my sufferings than my sins;)
To: Guillermo
And the Left says the Right is anti-science...
What "science" says that some people can't be born attracted to the same sex?
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:53:05 PM PST
by
lelio
To: Guillermo
"some people might choose"
"I think that its who you are"
WHICH IS IT FLIP/FLOP KERRY?????????????
If you CHOOSE it, it should get the same weight as those born that way? Can you CHOOSE to be Black? Can you CHOOSE to be physically handicapped (fat people not included)? Can you CHOOSE to be Native? No. Equal rights are for people who CAN'T choose their lot in life. SEXUAL PREFERENCE IS A CHOICE!
To: Guillermo
"I think it's entirely who you are from birth, personally," Kerry said ...
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:54:29 PM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: lelio
What science says that putting ones penis into another mans anus *isn't* a choice? (Left wing "science")
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:54:51 PM PST
by
Guillermo
(Your own personal Konservative Klick-Guerilla)
To: chance33_98
That has to be one of the most jaw-dropping, appalling pictures I have EVER seen, or probably will see.
Now, are you going to pay for the rib I just broke from laughing so hard I fell off the chair? ;-)
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:55:26 PM PST
by
Kieri
(Who's waiting for the return of her beloved Farscape!)
To: Guillermo
"Kerry says people are born gay"...and he should know.
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:56:35 PM PST
by
Luis Gonzalez
(Unless the world is made safe for Democracy, Democracy won't be safe in the world.)
To: Integrityrocks
I think Kerry is just reserving the right to stick it to anybody regardless of their sex.
To: chance33_98
What a lovely French pastry! And the picture in the book looks nice, too!
To: chance33_98
Jean-Francois, quel est un "waffle"?
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:59:00 PM PST
by
Argus
(If you favor surrender to terrorism, vote Democrat.)
To: firebrand
Watch closely for the flipflop on this one.
The way he rambled his way through, Flipper should have an easy time of it, since he kinda covered all bases.
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posted on
03/26/2004 3:59:46 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Gay marriage is for suckers...)
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: Guillermo
"Kerry says people are born gay"
How would he know... And besides, babies are born with AIDS; does that make it OK?
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posted on
03/26/2004 4:00:38 PM PST
by
babygene
(Viable after 87 trimesters)
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