Contents:
- BARBARA BH, DGHTER OF EX-PRINT GEE W. BH, SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
- BH’S DGHTER, A BREAK, ENDORS GAY MARRIAGE
BARBARA BH, DGHTER OF EX-PRINT GEE W. BH, SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
Bh, has joed her mother and a growg number of former admistratn officials publicly exprsg support for same-sex, who has never mented publicly on the issue, appears a new onle PSA vio for the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group.
"The vio, part of a seri featurg high-profile New Yorkers, as rights advot make a renewed ph to legalize same-sex marriage the Empire State, after the legislature blocked such a step December has also add herself to a growg list of high-profile nservativ wh ti to the Bh admistratn who have recently spoken out favor of extendg marriage rights to gays and Vice Print Dick Cheney, former first lady Lra Bh, former Solicor General Ted Olson and 2004 Bh mpaign manager and former Republin Natnal Commtee Chairman Ken Mehlman all support same-sex views -- and advocy on the issue -- are signifint given that opposn to gay marriage and a nstutnal amendment banng were key elements of Bh's 2004 reelectn mpaign. Reversal really for [them] to accept gay marriage, " she, who has a gay dghter, said 2009 that "people ought to be ee to enter to any kd of unn they wish.
"Mehlman, who is gay, works as a fundraiser and strategist for the Amerin Foundatn for Equal Rights -- a group that supports same-sex marriage and is sug to overturn California's Proposn 8 -- while Olson is one of the lead attorneys the Views Might Be ChanggOther proment Republins, cludg Cdy and Meghan McCa, have also mpaigned for gay marriage across the Uned Stat. Whether the high-profile support for gay marriage will trigger a broar shift wh the GOP is far om certa.
BH’S DGHTER, A BREAK, ENDORS GAY MARRIAGE
The party's official 2008 platform still lls for a nstutnal amendment to fe marriage between a man and a New York, where the vio mpaign featurg Barbara Bh is foced, a clear majory -- 56 percent -- support marriage rights for same-sex upl, acrdg to a Qunipiac Universy poll released last natnwi, the most recent ABC News-Washgton Post poll showed a narrow divi on legalizatn of gay marriage, wh 47 percent favor and roughly 50 percent opposed. Print Obama, who has opposed extendg marriage rights to gays and lbians, recently signaled that his views might be changg.
"My feelgs are nstantly evolvg, " Obama told reporters December about his posn on gay marriage. "I have iends, I have people who work for me, who are powerful long-lastg gay or lbians unns. Bh and former First Lady Lra Bh, agre wh her mother that gays and lbians should be allowed to marry.