Mrs. Kerry Would Focus on 'Gay Tolerance' As First Lady

CNSnews ^ | oct 19 | Susan Jones

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Mrs. Kerry Would Focus on 'Gay Tolerance' As First Lady By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Morning Editor October 19, 2004

(CNSNews.com) - If her husband is elected president, Teresa Heinz Kerry "pledges to make gay tolerance a centerpiece of her First Lady duties," an online media company reported.

In an exclusive interview with PlanetOut -- which describes itself as a gay media company -- Mrs. Kerry made a distinction between sex and sexuality.

She told PlanetOut's senior political correspondent Chris Bull, "A lot of people, particularly those of the more fundamentalist view, think of homosexuality as a sex thing rather than a sexuality thing. They are really very different."

Mrs. Kerry was quoted as saying, "A person doesn't choose their sexuality. For the other side, there's a tinge of the suggestion of sin, of the choice of 'misbehavior,' quote-unquote, which is not the case at all."

Mrs. Kerry spoke with PlanetOut on Friday, following the flap over her husband's remarks about Mary Cheney.

In the third and final presidential debate on Oct. 13, Sen. John Kerry -- in response to a question about whether homosexuality is a matter of choice -- said, "I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who she was, she's being who she was born as. I think if you talk to anybody, it's not choice."

Both Vice President and Mrs. Cheney expressed anger over Kerry's deliberate mention of their daughter's sexual orientation; some debate watchers called Kerry's remark gratuitous and calculated to alienate social conservatives; and homosexual advocacy groups wondered what all the fuss was about, given their opinion that the Bush administration uses homosexuality as a wedge issue.

According to PlanetOut's Chris Bull, "It is easy to see why she (Mrs. Kerry) connects with gays and lesbians. Even though she does not have gay children and opposes same-sex marriage, she comes across as the picture of a PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) mom, the kind of middle-aged straight woman who gets the warmest reception at Pride parades."

In the interview, Mrs. Kerry said she was surprised that her husband's comments about Mary Cheney inspired such a furor, when her husband was "being positive and complimentary of how the Cheneys have handled, openly, the question of their daughter's lesbianism."

She said if her husband had been asked that same question in one of the primary season debates, he might have mentioned Rep. Dick Gephardt's lesbian daughter, Chrissy, instead.

The San Francisco-based PlanetOut Inc. says its flagship websites, Gay.com and PlanetOut.com, "constitute the most extensive network of gay and lesbian people in the world."

[AggieCPA]

Well, THAT is guaranteed to set the gay's cause back at least ten years.

[Wonderama]

"think of homosexuality as a sex thing rather than a sexuality thing. They are really very different."

WTF is she talking about? Can anyone understand what she means by this? She is so incoherent, the Vicodin must have kicked in.

[gopwinsin04]

Damage control mode on!

[Woogit]

Ditto!!! PRAY HARD!!!

[Woogit]

Ditto!!! PRAY HARD!!!

[blackeagle]

need... air... too.... much... laughin....

[Just mythoughts]

liberals the party of sex addicts...

[hellinahandcart]

Gee, I don't think Theresa said anything like this on The View today, do you?

[traumer]

They will protect you !

[Doc Savage]

May I suggest her priorities????:

1. Lose some weight you obese tub of goo!,p. 2. Try a hairstylist for God's sake. You look hideous!

3. Take diction lessons you marble-mouth putz!

[Taliesan]

sOMEBODY PLEASE KEEP A MICROPHONE NEAR THIS WOMAN.

[Gingersnap]

What does "gay tolerance" mean anymore? As far as I'm aware, gays have more rights than other people. If someone calls me a foul name, it's an interpersonal dispute - not a hate crime. If thugs hang around a local store and shout obscenities at me, it's a gang problem - not intimidation. If I dare refuse to attend a mandatory company diversity seminar on gay issues, it's insubordinate - not choice.

I don't know how much more tolerance I can stand.

[gopwinsin04]

[JoJo Gunn]

[dead]

Oh no. She may be an incoherent psycho, but she does seem to remember what to say to the gay activists and what to say to the housewives of middle America.

We need somebody to spin her around a few times before her next interview so she gets a touch more disoriented.

[Tamar1973]

She told PlanetOut's senior political correspondent Chris Bull, "A lot of people, particularly those of the more fundamentalist view, think of homosexuality as a sex thing rather than a sexuality thing. They are really very different."

Mrs. Kerry must not have seen a Gay "pride" parade before.

[rhombus]

Damn it, you're gonna be tolerant OR ELSE!!!

[hellinahandcart]

In the interview, Mrs. Kerry said she was surprised that her husband's comments about Mary Cheney inspired such a furor, when her husband was "being positive and complimentary of how the Cheneys have handled, openly, the question of their daughter's lesbianism."

Um, that wasn't your husband, Theresa. That was Elizabutt Edwards' husband. YOUR husband only mentioned Mary Cheney, and presumed to know what SHE would tell Bush about whether homosexuality is a choice.

[gidget7]

another nail in the coffin of the Democratic party

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

This needs to get on the air with Rush and Hannity, et. al.