Posted on 04/08/2008 4:39:46 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton appeared on Ellen Degeneres' television talk show on April 7 to pledge support for the homosexual community if she is elected.
Degeneres, who is openly homosexual, made Clinton's support of homosexuality a prominent feature of the show. Clinton, who spoke about homosexual friends and neighbors she has had in the past, vowed to procure legal recognition for same-sex couples like Degeneres and her partner, Portia de Rossi.
"I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that people like you and Portia and others have a chance to have, you know, rights to be able to go to the hospital, to inherit property, to make sure that you can list somebody as a beneficiary on an insurance policy," said Clinton.
Clinton is going to great lengths to lobby the homosexual community as the April 22 Pennsylvania primary gets closer. She was the only presidential candidate to grant an interview with Philadelphia Gay News, which appeared in the April 4-10 edition of the paper.
In her interview with the homosexual periodical, Clinton resolved to champion the homosexual movement if elected to the presidency. In particular Clinton laid out her intention to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. When asked if she would issue an executive order to overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Clinton said she was unsure if she would be able to use an executive order or if she would have to encourage legislation to allow open homosexuality in the military.
"I don't know what the legal framework would be because you remember that, in the face of what Bill [Clinton] was trying to do in '93, the act, by veto-proof majorities made prohibitions on doing that," she said. "So whether the president has authority to do it by executive order or not, I'm not sure. But I have been committed for more than nine years to eliminating 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'"
Clinton vowed to increase government services for homosexuals, including guidance for gays in the school system, as well as federal "guidance" for local school districts and teachers in preparing gay-friendly curricula. When asked about a marriage amendment that would be on the Pennsylvania ballot in 2010, Clinton expressed her hope that it would never pass.
"Don't pass it," she said. "I really hope that that doesn't go anywhere. I would be very distressed if Pennsylvania were to adopt that kind of mean-spirited referendum and I hope it won't happen."
Clinton's interview with Philadelphia Gay News is her latest move to prove herself more homosexual-friendly than her competitor, Barack Obama. Both Obama and Clinton have fought to win over homosexual voters in Pennsylvania since the state became the focus of the Democratic presidential race nearly a month ago. Clinton has repeatedly taken Obama to task for not supporting the homosexual cause as strongly as she does, even though Obama has shown his strong favor for homosexual "rights" in speeches over recent weeks. Obama has also pledged to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.
See Previous LifeSiteNews Coverage:
"When I am President …" - Hilary Clinton Promises Pro-homosexual Administration
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jun/07060407.html
Marriage Amendments Getting Ready to Go on Ballot in Four States
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08010808.html
President Carter to Military: Get Rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Homosexual Policy
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/may/07051603.html
Hillary in Exclusive Homosexual Mag Interview: I'm More Pro-Homosexual than Obama
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08021211.html
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Hillary hasn't got anybody at all in her family but draft dodgers but she's all for turning the military services over to the mentally diseased.
I'm sure she'll enjoy speaking Chinese.
What a nightmare the next four years might be. Left, lefter, or leftest. And that’s just Hillary.
Gee, I didn't know there was a law on the books right now prohibiting gays from going to the hospital, inheriting property or being listed as beneficiary on an insurance policy. I must have missed that check box.
Do these people not have the right to do that now with out special legislation?
Do we have to suffer an Obama to be rid of a hilary?
I’ve been saying that for years. ANYBODY can make ANYONE the beneficiary of a life insurance policy or their estate (some states have laws about specifically disinheriting spouses, but that would not be an issue with homosexuals). I am also unaware of ANY hospital that prohibits you from having ANYBODY you want visit you.
This is all a smokescreen.
We may get both. They may have to kiss and make up at the convention. Wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
I wonder what the “main stream” homosexual is thinking about all this.
When it comes to the Clintons, some of them gotta be saying to themselve, “Fool me once shame on you.......”
I gotta hand it to her - that is some quality brownosin'
Please, as a favor to EVERYONE, NEVER mention Hillary’s nose in relation to lesbianism again!
LOL - if you think brownosin’ is in any way related to lesbianism you clearly haven’t been around many middle-managers. ;)
Talk about brownosin’ all you want, just as long as you’re not talking about Hillary’s nose in some lesbian, the thought is just too nauseating.
“Do these people not have the right to do that now with out special legislation?”
These people can do what they wish with a few extra steps. Married couples have certain automatic rights such as making health care decisions for the spouse, or talking with the doctors, inheritance and such. In many states, one member of a married couple can’t make certain decisions without the written consent of the other person. Unmarried people can do the same thing with powers of attorney, wills, and listing someone as a beneficiary. They just don’t want to do it because they think it makes gays second-class citizens. Or they want to dilute the marriage “privileges” to render marriage altogether anachronistic.
"Yeah! We'll leave Bill at home... Just the three of us. Yum yummy in my tummy!"
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