Conservatives pressure White House to support antigay amendment

davidinalameda

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:26 PM
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Conservatives pressure White House to support antigay amendment

http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=11006&sd=01/16/04

Putting an emphasis squarely on discrimination against gay people rather than on their own professed "pro-marriage" agenda, far-right conservatives are calling upon President Bush to condemn same-sex marriage in next week's State of the Union address, reports The New York Times. The unprecedented $1.5 billion initiative Bush proposed this week to promote heterosexual marriage was dismissed by some antigay leaders as not as important as banning equal marriage rights for gays.

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bluestateguy

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:29 PM
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1. He'll make a mealy-mouthed Rovian statement

like this:

"...honor the institution of marriage, between one man and one woman". No explicit reference to gay marriage will be made, and the religious right will be appeased, but not fully pleased.

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donco6

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:35 PM
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3. Absolutely

I think it'll be something very close to that - with a little nudge-nudge, wink-wink thrown in.

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brainshrub

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:35 PM
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2. What? 1.5 billion isn't enough? (nt)

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madrchsod

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:43 PM
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4. 1.5 billion is not going

to change reality,no matter how hard they try. the world is evolving contrary to what their beliefs are. simply put-fuck them-

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Bertha Venation

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:52 PM
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5. great column on that $1.5b

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2004/01/16/notes011604.DTL&type=printable

God Hates Unmarried Losers
It's BushCo's $1.5 bil plan to let the homophobic Christian Right dictate love. Whee!

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