I actually think he's done a Kerry there.
Nonsense.
Actually, no. This is America and if you want to give someone who is not a spouse durable power of attorney and automatic inheritance of your assets, you may do so. You determine the fate of your property and your health - not the government.
Essentially, every benefit a spouse has can be granted via a legal document. This does not make a marriage. Very often, widowed elderly women will give all spousal type rights to a sibling or an adult child.
Think again. The NYT is trying to make it sound like Bush is pro-gay, which he's not.
Give it a break. He has not changed his position, as much as you may wish he had pulled a Kerry.
This position makes all the sense in the world, and is consistent to what he and other conservatives, inclusing Christian conservatives like myself and my family, have always said.
nahhh. nobody can Kerry like Kerry. Say, how do you breathe with your head up your *ss like that?
No, he hasn't. Doing "a Kerry" would be flip flopping.
Being consistant is being President Bush.