Kerry’s posns on gay marriage

Contents:

• KERRY’S POSNS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• KERRY APOLOGIZ FOR PAST FIRGS OF GAY U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT STAFF
• JOHN KERRY—BH AND I HAVE THE 'SAME POSN' ON GAY MARRIAGE

KERRY’S POSNS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement on Monday apologizg for past discrimatn agast members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny at the State Department. Ben Card of Maryland sent a letter to Secretary Kerry askg for a formal apology for hundreds of firgs that occurred durg the so-lled lavenr sre, a Cold War effort to rid the State Department of gays and lbians. Democratic printial hopeful John Kerry, who oppos gay marriage and hts he might support a limed ban, jt two years ago signed a letter wh other ngrsnal lleagu urgg the Massachetts Legislature to drop a nstutnal amendment outlawg homosexual when Kerry opposed feral legislatn 1996 that fed marriage as a unn between a man and a woman, he pared the law to 1960s efforts the South to crimalize terracial marriag and acced his supporters of engagg the “polics of divisn.

KERRY APOLOGIZ FOR PAST FIRGS OF GAY U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT STAFF

”“This is an unnstutnal, unprecented, unnecsary and mean-spired bill, ” Kerry clared then, even as 85 senators and Print Clton supported the his home state grappl wh a historic Massachetts Supreme Court lg that uld perm homosexual marriag, Kerry’s own ments on the mpaign trail are beg pared by Republins, Democratic rivals and even his own nstuents to his prr ’s mpaign said Wednday he has nsistently opposed gay marriage while also rejectg legislatn, like the 2002 amendment, that he believed jeopardized the civil rights and regnn of gay relatnships bee was too broadly word. He opposed a proposed nstutnal amendment Massachetts the summer of 2002 bee a sweepg proposal would have threatened civil unns, health benefs, or herance rights for gay upl that reprent equal protectn unr the law, ” spokman David Wa said. “John Kerry favors civil unns, not gay marriage.

JOHN KERRY—BH AND I HAVE THE 'SAME POSN' ON GAY MARRIAGE

It’s that simple, ” he emergence of gay marriage as an issue has placed several ndidat — cludg Howard Dean who signed a civil-unns bill durg his Vermont ernorship — a lite balancg act of tryg to avoid lookg bigoted while platg heterosexual and relig Whe Hoe refed Wednday to m Print Bh to supportg a nstutnal amendment to ban gay marriag, although nservative lears said they have received high-level assuranc he will take the step. ”Possible support for Massachetts banKerry has left open the possibily he uld support a Massachetts ban on gay marriage if regnized civil unns and other protectns as an alternative. But 2002, he joed his ngrsnal lleagu opposg Massachetts’ last effort to outlaw gay marriage, sayg they feared uld be ed to prevent muni “om actg as they might wish to provi some form of regnn for same sex relatnships.