Say Anything Blog

Dean's World has a great post about the not-so-solid-stance Democratic candidates Kerry and Edwards are taking on the gay marriage issue:

Both of them are personally against SSM. Both of them think it should be left up to the states to decide. Both of them feel it is a basic human right and an equal protection under the law issue.

The problem with their position is, as Rev. Al pointed out, if they believe this is a human right and an equal protection under the law issue then it is NOT a State's Right's issue.

IF SSM is an "equal protection under the law" issue; then it is the Federal government's responsibility, according to the 14th amendment, to ensure all people have it.

IF SSM isn't a basic human right or about equal protection under the law; then it is a State's Rights position.

Kerry and Edwards current position is that any State has the Right to deny what the 14th Amendment has accorded them. That doesn't follow.

That's a good point. Both Kerry and Edwards seem unwilling to come out too strongly on either side of this issue. I'm not sure that kind of floundering is what we need in a President.

As one of the commenter's to the Dean's World post pointed out, floundering isn't something you have to worry about with President Bush. Like them or hate them, he sticks to his convictions.