On Gay Marriage, Bush May Have Said All He's Going To

By ELISABETH BUMILLER, NEW YORK TIMES
March 1, 2004 (Washington Letter)

"...Mr. Bush...forcefully defended the union of a man and a woman as "the most fundamental institution of civilization," but...(w)hen (he) finished...he abruptly turned on his heel and strode from the room, ignoring all questions...Mr. Bush was acting under enormous pressure from his evangelical Christian supporters...His more moderate supporters...worried that he might look like a gay basher."

What? Mr. Moral Courage, who clung to his resolve to attack Iraq in the face of a world of opposition and no evidence to speak of, couldn't tell a bunch of overpriced Jesus freaks that Congress would make no law establishing a religion as long as he was in charge?

"Mr. Bush's friends say that is hardly the case and that the president is quite comfortable with gays. Laura Bush, when asked in a recent interview by The New York Times if she and her husband had gay friends, easily replied: 'Sure, of course. Everyone does.'"

And that's fine with them as long as they don't try to make their commitment permanent and real. The article goes on to cover Bush's gay political appointments and an encounter with transgendered ex-classmate. And in the interest of being fair and balanced, it's pointed out that Kerry doesn't like gay marriage, either.

Too bad there wasn't a followup question for Laura about she planned to explain the marriage ban to those gay friends of hers!

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in a recent interview by The New York Times if she and her husband had gay friends, easily replied: 'Sure, of course. Everyone does.'"



With friends like George and Laura who needs enemies???

And how does a woman who dresses so poorly claim to have Gay friends???

This story reads an awful lot like White House spin to me. And, coming from Bumiller, I wouldn't be all that surprised. Somebody must have goosed her with the information about Bush's gay friends. With all the winking and signaling this administration does it's hard to know what their real stance is on anything. Bush can't have it both ways. Hopefully, this will not only anger the moderates and liberals who see through his lame attempt at displaying compassion (but I don't really want the FMA...they made me do it...), it will also infuriate the right wing Christians who already suspect he is pandering to them.

Bottom line--I can't think of a more extreme form of gay bashing than to enshrine discrimination against gays and lesbians in the constitution.