The Democratic presidential candidates have both released responses to today's gay marriage ruling in California. In an effort to sidestep any electoral complications, neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama - both of whom oppose gay marriage - issued direct statements, but had spokespeople do the dirty ...
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As Big Tent wrote earlier ,the California Supreme Court Thursday overturned a law banning gay marriage (opinion here , pdf). Glenn Greenwald has some terrific analysis on what the decision means and doesn't mean. ...
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have both sort of responded to the gay marriage ruling in California. They actually both had their campaigns do it for them.
Both candidates oppose gay marriage and have both spoken up for civil unions. If you ask me, that's lame. It makes me for one moment feel like we don't have anyone fighting for hopes of marriage at all.
Here's what the Hillary Clinton's campaign said about Thursday's California ruling that a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
"Hillary Clinton believes that gay and lesbian couples in committed relationships should have the same rights and responsibilities as all Americans and believes that civil unions are the best way to achieve this goal.
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Have a look now at what the guys at Queerty.com report this afternoon about statements issued from the Obama and Clinton campaigns on CA gay marriage decision:
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* Now this in from Hillary Clinton (h/t: Queerty ): Hillary Clinton believes that gay and lesbian couples in committed relationships should have the same rights and responsibilities as all Americans and believes that civil unions are the best way to achieve this goal.
As president, Hillary Clinton will work to ensure that same sex couples have access to these rights and responsibilities at the federal level.
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This must be the season for has-been conservative commentators to try to regain some relevancy. Last week, Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes said John McCain has to start gay-bashing or he'll lose. ( McCain took his advice .) This week, John McLaughlin, Barnes old host at the formerly popular The McLaughlin Group , opened a huge can of racial stereotypes when he called Barack Obama an "Oreo" while discussing the Jesse Jackson drama. Video at Media Matters . "Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo-a black on the outside, a white on the inside-that an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle which Jesse Jackson spent his lifetime fighting for?
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Dems Offer Lackluster Marriage Remarks
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