Posted on 10/19/2004 8:54:54 AM PDT by mtp
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."
Now that's a top priority in the post 9/11 world, isn't it? Let's force people to accept any old lifestyle that THK thinks they should!
[shaking head]
I can't believe these clowns are even somewhat close in this election.
How convenient. Mama T. takes this issue on to deflect heat that her classless husband is getting over his Mary Cheney remark.
I would almost find the obnoxious queer activists more tolerable than the idea of Tereza as FLOTUS.
In other words, Mrs. Kerry would make demonization of traditional Christian believers a centerpiece of a Kerry administration.
Eevry time this woman opens her mouth, Bush's poll numbers creep up a little bit more.
Yeah she forgot to include free government vaseline for all gays and lesbians!
shove it!
"pledges to make gay tolerance a centerpiece of her First Lady duties,"
Yeah, this is important. Never mind education, reading, etc, the traditional First Lady causes. This twit actually thinks homosexual acceptance is worthy of this level of attention. Libs are clueless.
Wow, the arrogance.
Lets force the American public to accept what God calls an abomination. All the more reason to support the President. We need a God fearing man (and first lady) in the White House.
Her bad hair is merely a sympton of a horrendous growing environment.
Ahhh, the gift that keeps on giving.
Ya know, if these nut jobs are actually elected they'll completely destroy what's left of the Democratic Party. If you think that people hated Hillary just wait. There will be such venom against Ta-Ray-Zah and Lurch that the GOP could run almost anyone in 2008 and cream them.
There was nothing positive or complimentary about the statement. It was a combative and intrusive statement that interjected Ms Cheney into the discussion.
Unless John is losing an election he needs to win. Then all bets are off.
I guess Mama T isn't getting enough from frenchy boy. How shocking.
I can't find the quote but even John Kerry described a gay lifestyle as a "choice"... it was on Rush this week.
She looks more like the posterchild for the transgenders.
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