"The Democrats' presidential frontrunners answered questions on gay rights
Thursday evening at a forum in L.A. All six candidates who showed up (Joe Biden and Chris Dodd were absent) gave roughly similar responses: They all support federal legislation against sexual-orientation discrimination in the workplace, a repeal of the 'don't ask,
don't tell' policy that prevents openly gay soldiers from serving in the
military, and civil unions to enshrine couples' rights. But only two of the
candidates—Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich—support gay marriage. As Politico puts it,
the candidates 'all but apologized' for their anti-gay-marriage stance, and
offered repeated apologies for past mistakes through their careers, as they came
to terms with changing social norms around homosexuality. This was, after all,
the first such forum during a U.S. presidential campaign. CNN reports the
Republicans were invited too, but all the candidates declined."
While these are strong steps that are being supported by the party, the majority in my opinion are still falling short of the ideas that our constitution is founded on. That is the value and the equality of all people, regardless of religion or race or sexuality. Full equality under the law means that they should be given the right to marry, legally before the state. Let Churches decide for themselves if they want to grant them the ceremonies.
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