Posted on 02/28/2004 5:44:15 PM PST by Sub-Driver
O'Donnell Ridicules President, First Lady for Supporting Traditional Marriage By Jimmy Moore Talon News February 27, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO (Talon News) -- Gay comedian and former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell ridiculed President George W. Bush on Thursday for his support of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
As Talon News reported on Wednesday, Bush announced this week he would support a constitutional definition of marriage.
Bush told reporters on Tuesday that his support for this constitutional amendment is necessary because of efforts to subvert the law by liberal judges and elected officials.
"In recent months ... some activist judges and local officials have made an aggressive attempt to redefine marriage," Bush said. "Unless action is taken, we can expect more arbitrary court decisions, more litigation, more defiance of the law by local officials, all of which adds to uncertainty."
Speaking on the issue of marriage, Bush said, "Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society. Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious, and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society."
O'Donnell reacted vehemently to Bush's support for traditional marriage by making incendiary remarks about the president's position.
"I think the actions of the president [on Tuesday], which are, you know, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a single president in my opinion," O'Donnell exclaimed on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday.
She added, "I am stunned, and I am horrified."
O'Donnell, who has been living with long-time girlfriend Kelli Carpenter for the past six years, has four children.
She was involved in a court case last November against her former magazine publisher. When Carpenter was called on to testify in the trial, O'Donnell's legal team attempted to use spousal privilege to get out of the testimony. However, because the two women were not considered a married couple, Carpenter was required to testify.
"As a result, everything that I said to Kelly, every letter that I wrote her, every e-mail, every correspondence and conversation was entered into the record of this case," O'Donnell detailed on "Good Morning America."
She continued, "After the trial, I am now, and will forever be, a total proponent of gay marriage."
O'Donnell said she will settle for nothing less than "marriage" for gay couples and compared it to the struggle between blacks and whites in America after the Civil War.
"If they can make it exactly equal to marriage, well, then you have separate-but-equal problems in the Constitution," O'Donnell concluded.
Taking her analogy further, O'Donnell said a ban on gay marriage would be the same as disallowing interracial marriages.
"If when blacks and whites wanted to marry, they said, 'Well, you can get married, but we're not going to call it marriage, we're going to call it you two are a family,'" O'Donnell stated.
President Bush was not the only member of the Bush family who was on the receiving end of O'Donnell remarks.
First Lady Laura Bush said last week that the sight of scores of gay couples waiting to be married in San Francisco was "very, very, very, very shocking."
O'Donnell responded to Mrs. Bush in like manner, describing the marriage amendment proposal she and the president favor.
"I would like to tell Laura Bush and her husband, I find the proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking and immoral," O'Donnell said.
O'Donnell encouraged all gay couples to engage in "civil disobedience" in San Francisco to bring about "change" in the laws by getting married despite laws against it in California.
"I hope that they put more people on the staff to marry as many people that show up [to be married in San Francisco]," O'Donnell expressed. "And I hope everyone shows up."
Putting her words into action, O'Donnell got "married" to her gay lover Carpenter on Thursday, joining nearly 7,000 other homosexuals who have done so in San Francisco since February 12. O'Donnell said she made her decision to marry after her contentious trial against her publisher and because of Bush's stand on gay marriage.
"We were both just trying to come here after the sitting president said the vile and vicious and hateful comments he did on Tuesday, and inspired myself and my brand-new wife to fly here this morning," O'Donnell said after her marriage ceremony at San Francisco City Hall.
After meeting with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, O'Donnell applauded his decision to break state law and allow gay couples to be married.
"I want to thank the city of San Francisco for this amazing stance the mayor has taken for all the people here, not just us but all the thousands and thousands of loving, law-abiding couples," O'Donnell told reporters.
Nuff said
You are the hypocritical bag who acted straight and "nice" in order to get rich with your talkshow.
From now on let ALL Rosie posts start like this!
Wow, Rosie the Queer Lesbo has really gone off the deep end. We all need to pray real hard for her four kids. They are fighting a very uphill battle to grow up and be normal. No twosome
is too gruesome
for Newsom!
Not mine, wish it was. Heard this on Mike Savage's show from a caller.
At least she's eloquent. /sarcasm
She's been watching reruns of her talk show?
You know, after 9/11 she came out in support of Dubya and blasted her comrades on the left for their unwillingness to help with the fundraising efforts. What a difference a few years and a single, selfish issue make.
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