Kerry's impassioned defense of ... gay marriage [Cites 1996 Kerry article in "The Advocate"]

CWNews.com ^ | August 16, 2004 | Domenico Bettinelli, Jr.

[Diago]

Kerry's impassioned defense of ... gay marriage Now that John Kerry is running for president, he wants you to think that while he supports "equal protection" for gay and lesbian couples, he’s opposed to gay marriage. His record says otherwise. In fact, John Kerry has previously made statements showing he’s a radical liberal in favor of the whole homosexual activist agenda. In 1996, Kerry wrote an article for the gay magazine The Advocate in which he called the Defense of Marriage Act “unconstitutional,” “unnecessary,” “mean-spirited,” and “malicious.” Kerry was on record saying that every state in the union should be required to recognize gay marriage if one state’s courts decided it should exist there, as happened in Massachusetts. He likens the fight for gay marriage to the civil rights battle and fights against interracial marriage bans. Echoing the ignorance and bigotry that peppered the discussion of interracial marriage a generation ago, the proponents of DOMA call for a caste system for marriage. I will not be party to that. As Martin Luther King Jr. explained 30 years ago, “Races do not fall in love and get married. Individuals fall in love and get married.” This is the essence of the American pursuit of happiness and the core of the struggle for equality. We are then treated to the usual self-referential litany, where Kerry proclaims everything important about himself, boring his audience with the same tired anecdotes of his personal history. “When the Senate debated the outrageous ban on gays in the military, I knew firsthand from my tours of duty in Vietnam the bravery and distinction with which gay soldiers served their country.” Did Kerry serve in Vietnam? Why am I just hearing about this? In any case, it shows that now that Kerry has a wider audience to please-- an audience that includes a majority of voters who don't want gay marriage--he must adjust his policy position in order to get elected. But gays shouldn't worry too much-- I'm sure he'll flip flop back their way if he gets elected. 3 Sound Off Comments || permalink || add to My Items

Posted by: Domenico Bettinelli, Jr. Aug. 16, 2004 5:58 PM EST

[Diago]

ping!

[nosofar]

Pick anyone you care to name. Does a heterosexual have a right to marry that person? Does a homosexual of the same gender have a right to marry that person? If the answer is the same in both cases, there is no discrimination. The only way comparing gay marriage with interracial marriage will work is if a male and a female are treated as completely identical and interchangable for any purpose, not merely as having equal rights, which is patently absurd. In fact, the whole idea of male/female would have to be tossed out of our vocabulary.

[Coleus]

Catholics, Horseface Kerry and Kennedy the Swimmer, along with Methodist Opie Edwards, 100% Pro-Homosexual with the Human Rights Campaign, Pages 11 & 12

CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS

[ken5050]

GReat find..thanks...BT, did you know Kerry was in Vienam?

[Volunteer]

Kerry is running from his record, which is understandable. For the most part he is on the wrong side of every issue - dating back to his Anti-Vietnam activities.
But.... (pausing because I know I am going to get flamed for this), as a Roman Catholic & Conservative Republican I must say I do NOT care who the government says can or can not be married.
If they used Federal or State law to force my church to deliver the Sacrament of Marriage to couples the STATE approved and not the Church, then I would be upset about it. But, this is not that sort of thing.
I am sure that most folks in the FR community would disagree with me, and I certainly respect their views. But, I just don't care what the government calls a marriage. I look to my Church to define that.

[BunnySlippers]

I hope the GOP is reading your post.