Clinton, Obama and Homosexuals
You just gotta love it when there is a two for one sale. Usually it’s one politician placing a foot in the mouth or having crow for dinner. Must be the luck of the Irish. Because both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have a little difficulty on the topic of homosexuality. If these were Republicans, Marcotte and McEwan would be calling them homophobes.
There is nothing wrong with the comments of General Pace on the topic as regards the military. Including his later comment that expressing a personal value while discussing military business may be problematic. Like anyone else who would express their personal opinion at work. God knows it got me in trouble from time to time. But it did not change the facts.
Stanford Matthews
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Clinton, Obama Slow to Respond to Questions on Homosexuality
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, March 18, 2007; 11:42 AM
Do the two leading Democrats running for president think homosexuality is immoral? That question arose this week after Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) seemed slow to criticize remarks by Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that “homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral.”Clinton was asked by ABC News about the morality of homosexuality on Wednesday morning. She responded, “I am going to leave that to others to conclude.” Obama didn’t respond to repeated questions about his position on Wednesday after an appearance in Washington. With a torrent of complaints from the gay community coming in, both candidates soon released statements saying they don’t think it’s immoral to be gay. (See Clinton talking about the issue.)
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