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Former Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist Apologizes for Backing State's Ban on Gay Marriage
christianpost.com ^
| 01/03/2014
| KATHERINE WEBER
Posted on 01/03/2014 6:46:18 PM PST by massmike
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist recently issued an apology for backing the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in 2008.
Crist said in a recent interview with the Orlando-based LGBT publication Watermark Online that he regrets backing Florida's constitutional Amendment 2, which was approved by nearly 62 percent of voters in 2008 and defines marriage as being exclusively for one man and one woman.
"I'm sorry I did that. It was a mistake. I was wrong. Please forgive me," Crist told the publication. "I made a mistake. I'm not perfect
That's the journey I'm on
and I'm still on it.""
Crist was a Republican for the majority of the time he served as Florida's governor from 2007 to 2011, eventually leaving the party to become an Independent in 2009 when he unsuccessfully ran for a Senate seat. He then officially joined the Democratic Party in 2012 and endorsed Barack Obama, the democratic presidential candidate running for re-election at the time.
When Watermark Online asked Crist if his previous statements against gay marriage and gay adoption were "politically expedient," the politician responded: "They were. They were. And it was wrong. That's what I'm telling you. And I'm sorry."
"As a Republican, on social issues I always felt I was a round peg in a square hole. I just didn't fit. But I tried, until I couldn't do it any more
until I had to say, 'Enough is enough,'" Crist added.
Notably, when Crist initially backed the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in 2008, he said he did so because "It's what I believe in."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2014issues; 2014midterms; apology; charliecrist; fl2014; flipflop; florida; homosexualagenda; maleprostitute; nocharacter; noconviction; orangeskin; politician; prostitute; slime; slimeball; slimy
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posted on
01/03/2014 6:46:18 PM PST
by
massmike
To: massmike
I'm down on my knee
Begging you please!
We come...to the End of the Road...
< / Boyz II Men >
To: massmike
Apparently he stands for nothing. By his own words.
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posted on
01/03/2014 6:55:35 PM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: massmike
Knee pads for Charlie, he’ll need ‘em permanently now.
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posted on
01/03/2014 6:56:33 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: massmike
Translation: Like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, I have to pretend to be conservative sometimes to get elected. Now that I have come out.....(as a dem silly!)...I can be true to who I really am.
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posted on
01/03/2014 6:58:23 PM PST
by
icwhatudo
(Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
To: massmike
He will do anything, and I mean anything.
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posted on
01/03/2014 6:59:23 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: massmike
The most ideologically vacuous individual I’ve ever seen.
To: massmike
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist = worthless oxygen thief.
To: massmike
Charlie is going full democrat now, whatever it takes!
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:03:01 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: traderrob6
Well said! Crist has no rudder as well as no brain. He has proven it often, this is only the latest in his swishy-swashy career. I plan to work against his attempt to regain the state house. Crist showed his colors when he went to work with John Morgan, of Morgan and Morgan, who is an absolute dork lawyer in the state of Florida. “Birds of a Feather” fits the description of these two. If they teamed with Alan Grayshit, the sparks would really be flying.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:08:09 PM PST
by
BatGuano
(You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: traderrob6
The most ideologically vacuous individual Ive ever seen. Wrong. He comes in a close second to Mitt Romney.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:11:58 PM PST
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: massmike
“As a Republican, on social issues I always felt I was a round peg in a square hole.”
No comment.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:14:16 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: massmike
The only politician in the country with real “CHARACTER” is PALIN
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:16:27 PM PST
by
capt B
To: massmike
Lol, whatever, Charlie Whatever.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:20:46 PM PST
by
chris37
(Heartless.)
To: massmike
Good old, orange “wet finger in the air” Charlie. King of the flip floppers.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:25:55 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(The Truth Is Out There. Just don't let anyone know that you're looking for it.)
To: massmike
Politicians that say, “I’m on a journey”, are so Gay.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:31:38 PM PST
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: massmike
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:32:57 PM PST
by
Brandonmark
(OWCM is The new American Minority! 11.06.12 - Day of Infamy!)
To: EEGator
As a Republican, on social issues I always felt I was a round peg in a square hole.
I think he has it backwards.
A round peg can easily go into a square hole. The other way, not so easily. But what do I know about round pegs?
Crist is an expert.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:35:59 PM PST
by
boop
(Liberal religion. No rules, just right!)
To: boop
Pegs shouldn’t go in some holes.
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:38:26 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: massmike
Why shouldn't I think that his apology isn't just as politically expedient as his now-admitted support was?
-PJ
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posted on
01/03/2014 7:39:17 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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