Bush Says His Party Is Wrong to Oppose Gay Civil Unions

The New York Times ^ | October 26, 2004 | ELISABETH BUMILLER

[ruralgal]

I'm not sure what to make of this. This is the first I'm hearing about it.

[PilloryHillary]

Well, this should make some Bush supporters stay home. Or at least the NY Times/Kerry campaign hope so.

[Josh in PA]

Can we step into any more potholes this final week?

[Strategerist]

And keep other Bush supporters from staying home.

[GopherGOPer]

I don't believe this. The NYT is really going full boar trying to smear the President.

[dandelion]

Bush has ALWAYS said that this should be left up to the states. Why? Because all states so far oppose civil unions, and have voted against them. That's the reason activist judges are overturning the laws...

He saying let the PEOPLE choose what they want - and since they overwhelmingly want marriages between men and women only, it becomes a enfranchisement issue.

[Perdogg]

http://www.georgewbush.com/Values/BushRecord.aspx

[Preachin']

John Kerry is still gonna get whooped on November 2nd.

We have to be sure to tell our DUh friends that they get their turn to vote on November 2nd.

[wideawake]

The NYT does its level best to discourage Republican turnout at the polls.

I'll still be there to vote for the President, even though I oppose the legal recognition of sodomite perversion.

[ruralgal]

I gotta think he's just pandering for the moderates or something. I'm disappointed, he needs to cater to his BASE.

[cripplecreek]

According to Fox and friends the Times hasn't bothered to retract thier missing weapons story today. I veiw anything they say with suspicion.

[ruralgal]

Looks like it's going to air today on Good Morning America. Anyone watching it?

[7.62 x 51mm]

This is the first I've heard him say this, too. He's always said it should be left to the states, but his personal opposition to the GOP platform is news to me.

[MikefromOhio]

Leaving it up to the states and the people is a stance pretty consistent with most Republican party statues.

I think the NYT is embellishing it a bit...

[HoustonTech]

This is making a mountain out of a mole hill. As I read it Bush is saying that whether civil unions are allowed should be decided at the state level, and that as govenor of Texas he would have opposed it. As long as the federal government protect states' rights to make this decision, I have no objection to it.

[Wallace T.]

If President Bush actually said what the article alleges he said, his statement cannot be blamed on MSM misrepresentation. The last thing Bush needs is to depress voter turnout among social conservatives. "Civil unions" give the blessing of the state to perversion and immorality.

[ruralgal]

Bush has ALWAYS said that this should be left up to the states.

Wait - I thought he had changed his mind and was pushing to amend the Constitution? I have to say I'm worried about this because I know a lot of people that are going to vote for Bush for that reason alone.

[AHerald]

"I view the definition of marriage different from legal arrangements that enable people to have rights. And I strongly believe that marriage ought to be defined as between a union between a man and a woman. Now, having said that, states ought to be able to have the right to pass laws that enable people to be able to have rights like others."

I have zero problem with that.

[spodefly]

He's shooting for the Andrew Sullivan/Log Cabin vote.

[danceordie]

I actually think he's done a Kerry there.