AP: Bush Stance on Civil Unions Upsets Groups

[DrFunkenstein]

WASHINGTON - Some conservative groups expressed dismay Tuesday over President Bush's tolerance of state-sanctioned civil unions between gay people — laws that would grant same-sex partners most or all the rights available to married couples.

"Civil unions are a government endorsement of homosexuality," said Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women For America. "But I don't think President Bush has thought about it in that way. He seems to be striving for neutrality while defending marriage itself."

Knight said "counterfeits" of marriage, such as civil unions, "hurt the real thing."

"Here's the truth, civil unions are homosexual marriage by another name," said Randy Thomasson, the group's executive director. "Civil unions rob marriage of its uniqueness and award homosexuals all the rights of marriage available under state law."

"Bush needs to understand what's going on and resist counterfeit marriages with all his might no matter what they're called," Thomasson said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=4&u=/ap/20041026/ap_on_el_pr/bush_civil_unions

[ciaobox]

1. This is the story to spin right here.

This has more power than the looted weapons story. We need a concerted effort to blast this through every home town paper in fundieville.

[flowomo]

2. Oh, this is too delicious!

Bush kisses his base's ass with the marriage amendment.... and they kick his ass over a last-minute bogus "olive branch." Love it!

[juliagoolia]

3. like i said.. a rose by any other name is a rose

the conservatives that oppose gay marriage will NOT support civil unions.. he blundered..
We need to just tell these evangelicals he supports gay marriage.

[tridim]

4. Another sign that BushCo wants to lose

Along with the $70million request yesterday.

[Fenris]

5. HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAA-HA

WHATCH 'EM EAT THEIR OWN!:D:D:D:D

[Inland]

6. Bush can't hate gays enough to satisfy his base

Shouldn't have tried to sound like a normal human in the first place.

[wtmusic]

8. and he can't like them enough to win undecideds

he's fucked. :D

[ibegurpard]

10. I honestly don't think that moderates and undecideds

care very much about this issue. I don't think it's going to make much difference but the question is whether it fractures some of his fundie support.

[wtmusic]

14. prolly right

it won't help sway undecideds, but it's bad news from the far right. An uncharacteristically clumsy move from Rove

[BattyDem]

7. Well, we saw that one coming, didn't we?

:evilgrin:

[Deja Q]

9. Huh? And who is the one on the left wearing an obvious wig?

If any GLBT folk think * is telling the truth, they'll be in for a rude awakening come January 20th, if not November 3rd.

[BattyDem]

11. GLBT people won't believe him ...

but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that he's pissed off his base one week before the election! :evilgrin:

[Bucky]

13. I don't think that's a wig on Mary Cheney. Just poofy yuppie hair.

It's like the female version of Donald Trump's doo. Tacky, big, and 100% genetic.

[Bucky]

12. Some fences are too high to straddle; some floods too high to wade thru

and some assholes are too big not to shit on everything

[Paul Hood]

15. Michelangelo Signorile had his listeners

calling up "focus on the family" today to let them know of this flip flop.

[lanparty]

16. Can't wait for Alan Keys ...

I can't wait for Alan Keyes to tear into Bush on this one. I'm starting to LOVE Keyes. He's a nutcase that's undermining the Washington leadership's purpose for putting him in there. Be a cheerleader for Bush!!!!