[Liz]

Giuliani is a bloviating bag of wind. He and the neo-pukes running his campaign are obsessed with religious cleansing the Repub Party and kicking so/cons to the curb. The connivers belatedly calculated Rooty REALLY needs so/cons to make a primary showing....so the nitwit changes his tune. Every word out of Rooty's mouth is focus-grouped to the nth degree. Read on:

Giuliani Vexes Audiences With His Abortion Views
FR Posted 11/16/2007 by jaybeegee

..Giuliani has made the case that while he believes that abortions are wrong, he thinks the ultimate decision should be up to women, not the government. It is a position that has confused some people ....

Kelli Conlon of (the radical pro-abortion) NARAL-NY recalled that Giuliani put her on his transition team when he was elected mayor. Mayor Giuliani issued proclamations to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. (And received more NARAL campaign contributions than NARAL gave to Hillary.) But Ms. Conlon said she was troubled to hear Giuliani say he would appoint justices in the model of Justices Scalia and Thomas...(and intends to sit down with Giuliani and his colleagues out of the glare of the cameras)......

Giuliani also spoke about religion in the public sphere. “I cannot figure out where some imperative exists to ban the mention of the 10 amendments in a public square,” he said (after discussing the Bill of Rights). Then he corrected himself: “The 10 Commandments.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com..........

[Mojave]

But Ms. Conlon said she was troubled to hear Giuliani say he would appoint justices in the model of Justices Scalia and Thomas...

She has no need to worry. Rudy equated Ginsberg with Roberts, so he would have no problem declaring any leftwing nominee the next Scalia or Thomas.

[calcowgirl]

...to ban the mention of the 10 amendments in a public square...

Dufus. LOL

Of course, Rudy has been known to ignore the bill of rights in the public square. Perhaps that is what he meant.

[narses]

Soft on Gay Marriage

Other than tax cuts, the biggest domestic issue of the 2004 election was President Bush's support of a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Unfortunately, Rudy Giuliani has taken a "Kerryesque" position on gay marriage.

Although Rudy, like John Kerry, has said that marriage should remain between a man and a woman, he also supports civil unions, "marched in gay-pride parades" ...dressed up in drag on national television for a skit on Saturday Night Live (and moved in with a) wealthy gay couple" after his divorce. He also very vocally opposed running on a gay marriage amendment:

His thoughts on the gay-marriage amendment? "I don't think you should run a campaign on this issue," he told the Daily News earlier this month. "I think it would be a mistake for anybody to run a campaign on it -- the Democrats, the president, or anybody else."

Here's more from the New York Daily News:

"Rudy Giuliani came out yesterday against President Bush's call for a ban on gay marriage.

The former mayor, who Vice President Cheney joked the other night is after his job, vigorously defended the President on his post-9/11 leadership but made clear he disagrees with Bush's proposal to rewrite the Constitution to outlaw gays and lesbians from tying the knot.

"I don't think it's ripe for decision at this point," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"I certainly wouldn't support [a ban] at this time," added Giuliani..."

Although Rudy may grudgingly say he doesn't support gay marriage (and it would be political suicide for him to do otherwise), where he really stands on the issue is an open question.