The Marriage Question

July 23, 2007

Here is the question asked by a lesbian couple from Brooklyn and the answers from the Democratic presidential candidates during the CNN/YouTube debate:

And again by a Black Baptist minister from North Carolina:

Most of the answers are the tortuous attempts to say that same-sex couples deserve “equal treatment” but not marriage. Gravel and Kucinich are they only two candidates on record as supporting marriage equality.

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Entry Filed under: 2008 Election, Advocacy, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Campaigns, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Family, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Edwards, LGBT, Liberals, Marriage, Media, Mike Gravel, New Media, Politics, Video, YouTube. .

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  • 1. phil_in_ny  |  July 24, 2007 at 7:18 am

    This is true, however I personally feel that most of the candidates do support full marriage rights, they just can’t voice their own views due to the ignorance of society. when they talk of civil unions, its much safer.
    As a gay man, I like what Edwards stands for, because I’m looking beyond just gay issues. I feel if a candidate can meet us half way, that’s fine.
    You’re never going to get a someone openly supporting gay marraige, because they have no chance of winning on that platform. That’s why Kucinich and Gravel can talk about it. They have no chance, so what does it matter. I think Gravel is a psycho anyway.

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  • 2. Christopher  |  July 24, 2007 at 7:21 am

    No to marriage.

    Yes to civil unions.

    Fuck them all.

    Next?

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  • 3. Now the Republicans…&hellip  |  July 24, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    [...] Democrats had to answer to questions focused on LGBT equality. One question was from an adorable lesbian couple from Brooklyn who wanted to know if the [...]

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