Posted on 09/22/2004 9:56:35 AM PDT by KMC1
For the last 50 plus days Senator John Kerry was "too busy" to answer questions from the press assigned to follow his campaign.
Somehow in this time however he found the time to do two seperate private interviews with "gay media". The interview with OutInAmerica happened on Sept 9th.
In it he admits to believing that the Constitutional Amendment to Protect marriage amounts to "gay-bashing" for political gain.
"It is up to the states (to define marriage), not the federal government. That's why I viewed the federal efforts, as specifically targeted, as gay bashing, because they were usurping into a territory that they didn't belong...So what they were doing (those arguing to protect marriage) was reaching, for poitical purposes, to drive a wedge. But it is within the rights of a state to define marriage. That's within state's rights."
Later in the same interview he makes it clear that in order to someday get to "gay marriage", Americans must tolerate incrementalism and be brought along the path until minds can be changed.
"...The presidency is the power of the bully pulpit to some degree, and you have to talk reasonably to people. Look - you have to begin at a beginning. It took us a long time to pass the civil rights law. There was a huge filibuster against it (by democrats). Now-a-days, people couldn't concieve of why did we fight about that. It took us a long time for women to get the right to vote in America. You have to fight for things. And pick a starting point and my starting point is to try to pass...hate crimes. And you begin to educate people, and hopefully you can change the climate and tone - its been very exploitive in the last year or so. And you lead."
(Excerpt) Read more at kmclive.com ...
Was he wearing his NASA condom costume during the interview?
Gay marriage will allow Kerry to actually marry Soros after Teresa finally tells him to "Shove it, scumbag."
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