Giuliani to GOP on gay marriage: 'Stay out of ' - POLITICO

Contents:

• RUDY GIULIANI ALLEGEDLY BREAKS PROMISE TO MARRY GAY FRIENDS
• GIULIANI BROKE HIS VOW TO WED US: GAY FRIEND
• RUDY GIULIANI WON'T MARRY HIS GAY FRIENDS AFTER ALL
• GAY-WED OPPONENT RUDY SKIPS PALS’ NUPS
• RUDY GIULIANI ON GAY MARRIAGE: REPUBLIN PARTY SHOULD 'GET THE HECK OUT OF PEOPLE'S BEDROOMS'
• RUDY RIPS GOV’S BID FOR GAY NUPS
• GIULIANI TO GOP ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'STAY OUT OF '
• BROKEN VOWS: GIULIANI MAY BREAK PROMISE TO PRI OVER GAY FRIEND'S WEDDG
• RUDY BLASTS PATERSON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PH
• FORMER NYC MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI TO REPUBLINS: 'STAY OUT OF GAY ISSUE'

RUDY GIULIANI ALLEGEDLY BREAKS PROMISE TO MARRY GAY FRIENDS

Rudy Giuliani appears to have broken a long-held promise to marry his gay iends, the New York Post Koeppel, the r aler who provid a crash pad for Giuliani 2001 for six months durg his divorce battle, recently spoke to the Post about a promise he says the former New York Cy mayor ma to him a ago. "Although progrs has been ma achievg equal rights for gay upl to marry New York, there is work still to be done.

Polil nsultant Stt Levenson told the Post that one possible reason Giuliani may be avoidg the New York gay weddg is bee "would be a sign he's no longer terted nng [as a Republin] for print -- ever. " When a group of former New York Cy mayors created vios March voicg their support for gay marriage, Rudy Giuliani was noticeably gay marriage was legalized New York, NBC New York reported that Giuliani said, "I still favor marriage as beg fed between a man and a woman but I pletely unrstand what people are strivg for... "But do Giuliani's weak stance on gay marriage support that very discrimatn?

The gay bsman who let Rudy Giuliani stay at his home durg the then-mayor's public divorce saga 2001 claims the one-time printial ndidate is backg off his promise to officiate at his weddg now that gay marriage is legal New York. Giuliani said he would if gay marriage ever beme legal New York, Koeppel tells the New York Post.

GIULIANI BROKE HIS VOW TO WED US: GAY FRIEND

Rudy Giuliani Won't Marry His Gay Friends After AllTen years ago, Rudy Giuliani's send divorce was not gog well.

A gay uple, Howard Koeppel and Mark Hsiao offered their midtown apartment to the then-Mayor Giuliani, who end up livg there for six months. ' "RELATED: New York Gay Marriage Vote Unlikely TonightGay marriage is now legal New York state, and Rudy Giuliani is nowhere to be found. "RELATED: New York Cy Now Looks to Cash on Gay WeddgsSo Giuliani do not support the "burn of discrimatn, " but he do personally discrimate agast same-sex upl?

The Boston Globe reported 2007 that Giuliani flipped his viewpot on civil unns and argued for fewer rights to be given to gay upl than civil unn proposals at the time suggted.

RUDY GIULIANI WON'T MARRY HIS GAY FRIENDS AFTER ALL

RELATED: Hymns and Dirty Lndry: New York Gay Marriage Bill Tts PatienceAs got closer to the 2010 gubernatorial electns, Giuliani angered gay rights groups for playg more unabashedly to the Republin base.

Giuliani voiced his support for civil unns once aga but lambasted then-Governor David Patterson's support for gay marriage.

GAY-WED OPPONENT RUDY SKIPS PALS’ NUPS

"I thk gay marriage will obvly be an issue for any Republin next year bee Republins are eher favor of the posn I'm favor of, civil unns, or many s Republins don't even favor civil unns, " Guiliani told the New York Post.

"RELATED: The Most Histrnic Conservative Reactns to Gay MarriageOf urse, 's been ten years sce Giuliani ma promised Koeppel and Hsiao he would marry them. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was a last-mute no-show at the weddg of his former roommat — a gay uple — yterday.

At the time, Giuliani ducked the qutn about whether livg wh a gay uple had changed his longstandg opposn to gay marriage.

RUDY GIULIANI ON GAY MARRIAGE: REPUBLIN PARTY SHOULD 'GET THE HECK OUT OF PEOPLE'S BEDROOMS'

“I don’t relate to people as whe, black, Catholic, Prottant, Jewish, gay, lbian, heterosexual, ” the then-mayor told reporters at Gracie Mansn. Giuliani has stated he has no problem wh civil unns but told The Post he’d speak out agast gay marriage if he ns for ernor.

Connecticut November allowed gays to marry. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani warned the Republin party to "move on" om s opposn to gay marriage an terview wh Candy Crowley on CNN's "State of the Unn" Sunday.

Same-sex marriage is shapg up as a hot-button 2010 issue both New York and natnally, and Giuliani’s ments generated a quick backlash om gay rights groups, which had nsired Giuliani an ally durg his days Gracie Mansn. Steve Ralls, spokman for Parents, Fai & Friends of Lbians & Gays, asserted Giuliani was “stakg out posns simply for polil ga” and lled his stance “an almost unprecented flip-flop for a polician who was once viewed as one of the most morate, and most gay-iendly, voic the Republin Party. Joe Solmone, print of the powerful gay rights group Human Rights Campaign, said a statement: “One would thk that Rudy would unrstand the importance of havg the chance, or his se, the chanc, to marry the one you love.

RUDY RIPS GOV’S BID FOR GAY NUPS

“Giuliani has been a iend of this anizatn the past, and we would certaly wele him as a iend of this anizatn now and the future, ” said Angelo, whose group reprents gay Republins and supports same sex marriage. Giuliani has long supported civil unns for gay upl and 1998 granted benefs to the same-sex partners of cy employe.

Giuliani, who has ocsnally appeared drag lighthearted stunts, lived for a time wh a gay uple. Republin voters New York are generally ls socially nservative than those who ci many early nomatg ntts for the GOP printial nomatn and, his recent terview wh the Post, Giuliani tried to walk a lite le between strsg his ntued support for civil unns and bashg gay marriage. “I thk gay marriage will obvly be an issue for any Republin next year bee Republins are eher favor of the posn I’m favor of, civil unns, or many s Republins don’t even favor civil unns, ” he told Post lumnist Fredric U.

Giuliani predicted that the ph for gay marriage will spark “a grass-roots” backlash.

GIULIANI TO GOP ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'STAY OUT OF '

A longtime Giuliani ai did not rpond to a Monday morng e-mail, but later on a rad talk show hosted by Dicker, Giuliani phed back agast the suggtn that he tend to make his opposn to gay marriage a centerpiece of a possible gubernatorial mpaign. Alan Van Capelle, executive director of the New York gay rights group Empire State Pri Agenda, poted out that Giuliani’s favored oute on the issue, civil unns, “is not part of the policy bate Albany, so I thk the mayor needs to bsh up on the policy bate Albany. RUDY GIULIANI is clarg war on gay marriage — vowg to e his strong opposn of agast the Democrats if he ns for ernor next year.

BROKEN VOWS: GIULIANI MAY BREAK PROMISE TO PRI OVER GAY FRIEND'S WEDDG

Paterson’s high-profile effort to legalize gay marriage would anger many New Yorkers and spark a revolt that uld help sweep Republins to office 2010. “I thk gay marriage will obvly be an issue for any Republin next year bee Republins are eher favor of the posn I’m favor of, civil unns, or many s Republins don’t even favor civil unns, ” he ntued. While Obama and Clton oppose gay marriage, Sens.

Paterson troduced legislatn last week to legalize gay marriage, spe warngs om supporters that there aren’t enough vot to pass the Senate, which is narrowly ntrolled by Democrats. The move, which privately angered many gay-marriage supporters — who fear a feat would set back the gay-rights movement — was wily seen as an effort by Paterson to shore up rapidly erodg support among Democratic primary voters. A Qunipiac poll earlier this month found only 41 percent of New York voters — and jt 33 percent of black voters — back gay marriage.

Rudy Giuliani, always a cric of his party’s social agenda, urged Republins to “move on” om social issu after New York State’s recent approval of gay marriage. Even pched as a s, would seem farfetched: Maral problems force the Republin mayor of New York out of Gracie Mansn and to the apartment of a gay iend and his life partner.

RUDY BLASTS PATERSON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PH

The former mayor may go back on word to marry Howard Koeppel and Mark 29, 2011— -- Talk about broken New York Cy Mayor – and potential 2012 printial ndidate -- Rudy Giuliani allegedly is backg off a promise to pri over a gay iend's weddg, now that New York State has legalized same-sex iend, New York r aler Howard Koeppel, ma headl 2001 when he and his partner opened their home to Giuliani for six months while the mayor was gog through a bter the time Giuliani was a hoe gut, Koeppel says he ma a requt. He has nsistently opposed gay marriage but has supported civil unns and domtic partnerships for same-sex upl. Bloomberg supports bill, ey gay muny endorsement.

FORMER NYC MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI TO REPUBLINS: 'STAY OUT OF GAY ISSUE'

David Paterson's gay-marriage bill, predictg would spark a revolt that would help Republins get back to office 2010.

Rudy's gay-marriage opposn did not stop him om movg wh a gay uple after his public spl wh send wife Donna Hanover. Giuliani believ Paterson's gay-marriage ph is a sperate effort to garner support om fellow Democrats to make up for abysmal poll numbers. Paterson troduced the gay-marriage legislatn last week spe ncerns om fellow Democrats that the bill don't appear to have enough backg to pass the Senate.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who stood by Paterson’s si durg the gay-marriage bill announcement, is hopg his support of the legislatn will further his own polil agenda. The billnaire mayor hop to land support for his re-electn bid om Empire State Pri Agenda (ESPA), the state's largt gay-rights group. A history of his posn on gay marriageThis article is om the archive of our partner years ago, Rudy Giuliani's send divorce was not gog well.