Contents:
- GEE W. BH'S FOTTEN GAY-RIGHTS HISTORY
- GEE H.W. BH: I HAVE 'MELLOWED' ON GAY MARRIAGE
- GEE W. BH ON GAY MARRIAGE, IMMIGRATN, AND WHY OBAMA KEPT HIS TERRORISM POLICI
GEE W. BH'S FOTTEN GAY-RIGHTS HISTORY
Bh utned agast cricizg gay upl, sayg an terview on "This Week" that you shouldn't cricize others "until you've examed your own heart.
GEE H.W. BH: I HAVE 'MELLOWED' ON GAY MARRIAGE
" Bh had wad to the revalized same-sex marriage bate last week -- if only barely -- a ment to a reporter Zambia, who asked whether gay marriage nflicts wh Christian valu. "I meant 's very important for people not to be overly cril of someone else until you've examed your own heart, " Bh told story went on to note that "As print, Bh opposed gay marriage, and Republins phed ballot measur to ban at the state level. Meanwhile his vice print, Dick Cheney, opposed the nstutnal amendment to ban gay marriage that was a popular ia among social nservativ at the time.
''As Republins seek to fd a new way forward the wake of the Supreme Court cisn strikg down DOMA, 's worth rellg that one equently discsed proposed path -- backg civil unns but not full marriage equaly -- would jt take the GOP back to where s succsful printial ndidate was , the more nservative ndidate who lost where Bh won, opposed both gay marriage and civil unns picture wh Bh was hardly one of straightforward support for gay unns, of urse. At the same time, he benefed om an aggrsive state-by-state mpaign to turn out evangelil voters opposed to givg gay unns the same standg as heterosexual on. And tight rac, those voters -- who historilly have leaned heavily Republin -- may have tipped the now Bh, rponse to a journalist Zambia askg about whether gay marriage is agast Christian valu, said, "I shouldn't be takg a speck out of someone else's eye when I have a log my own.
GEE W. BH ON GAY MARRIAGE, IMMIGRATN, AND WHY OBAMA KEPT HIS TERRORISM POLICI
Bh's wife Lra Bh said she urged the print to drop the issue out of rpect for their gay issue of same-sex marriage is once aga a printial mpaign issue, given that the Supreme Court next month is expected to say whether or not gay upl have a nstutnal right to marry.