Mr. zook,
You overlooked dirtboy's full context quote (#55 on this thread) from Fox news which also makes you complicit in pulling things out of context, just like your friend Veronica. Intentional or a lie? Even a casual observer might say the latter.
[From post #55] Nice job lifting a quote out of context, Veronica. Now, let’s go to the transacript:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258222,00.html
WALLACE: Gay rights.
THOMPSON: Gay rights? I think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn’t set up special categories for anybody.
And I’m for the rights of everybody, including gays, but not any special rights.
WALLACE: So, gay marriage? You’re against. THOMPSON: Yes. You know, marriage is between a man and a woman, and I don’t believe judges ought to come along and change that.
WALLACE: What about civil unions?
THOMPSON: I think that that ought to be left up to the states. I personally do not think that that is a good idea, but I believe in many of these cases where there’s real dispute in the country, these things are not going to be ever resolved.
But we shouldn’t set up special categories for anybody.
Whereas Rudy pushed for gay hate crimes legislation. There is NO COMPARISON between Fred and Rudy once the details are presented. Just as there is NO COMPARISON between Fred and Rudy on abortion. And guns. And global warming. And...
My point was that FT supports the rights of states to allow civil unions. That’s all. My other point was that while Veronica may have ignored some context, she was not lying and did not need to be baited and driven from this forum.