During Tuesday's White House Press Conference, this question was asked of President Bush:
PRESS CORPS: Mr. President, two years ago, Gavin Newsom, the Mayor of San Francisco, heard your State of the Union address, went back to California, and began authorizing the marriage of gay men and lesbians. Thousands of people got married. The California courts later ruled he had overstepped his bounds. But they were -- we were left with these pictures of thousands of families getting married, and they had these children, thousands of children. Now, that might have changed the debate, but it didn't. In light of that, my question is, are you still confident that society's interest and the interest of those children in gay families are being met by government saying their parents can't marry?
GEORGE BUSH: I believe society's interest are met by saying -- defining marriage as between a man and a woman. That's what I believe.
The President's answer is tired. It is the same old story being repeated again and again. When old entrenched positions are restated and no new arguments put forth, it is generally a good sign that change is in the wind.
The end of the tunnel is in sight for the man-and-woman-only argument. Change won't happen during the Bush administration, but it may very possibly happen in the next administration.
Marriage equality is the great civil rights movement of the 21st Century. To learn more about the movement or to be a part of it all, please visit the Equality California website at: www.eqca.org
1 comments:
There is no chance to win civil rights for gay and lesbian Americans as long as George Bush is in the White House. It now looks as though the Republicans will lose the Senate and the House in addition to the White House. That will be the tipping point that causes our civil rights movement to really begin rolling!
The sooner Bush and Co. is out of power, the better it will be for us all!
Wouldn't it be wonderful is Gavin Newsom climbed the politiucal ladder and some days ends up sitting in the Oval Office himself! What a great day that would be for all Americans!
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