Well it seems now that most of the upcoming presidential candidacy hopefuls for the democrats tend to be in favor of "Civil Unions" for homosexuals, but not going quite so far as to say they support giving them the right to legal marriage. As weird as it is for me to admit it, I have to say that I agree with Al Sharpton's view on this issue:
So, essentially the best that we can expect from presidential candidates in the upcoming election is a sort of "separate but equal" mentality. I just guess that I'm glad that these positions are getting voiced now, that they are out in the open where people can see how flimsy and archaic they really are.
This issue seems to be getting hotter, especially with the supreme court's recent ruling on Lawrence & Garner V. Texas. In local news, a couple here in my home state of Arizona has recently filed a suit to have the state's prohibition of homosexual marriages removed.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0716gaymarriage.html
The state's law is pretty straight forward, we've got a piece of legislation listing prohibited marriages, and marriage between peoples of the same sex happens to be one of the items on the list. Of course the situation is a bit more complicated than that. Even if the lawsuit is successful it's not as if homosexuals In Arizona are going to be allowed to marry, the Defense of Marriage Act still makes it illegal for any homosexual couple in America to marry, but it is still a small step forward.
But Sharpton said simply granting civil unions is a form of discrimination against gays, "like saying we'll give blacks or whites or Latinos the rights to shack up, but not marry."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/15/democrats.gays.ap/index.html
So, essentially the best that we can expect from presidential candidates in the upcoming election is a sort of "separate but equal" mentality. I just guess that I'm glad that these positions are getting voiced now, that they are out in the open where people can see how flimsy and archaic they really are.
This issue seems to be getting hotter, especially with the supreme court's recent ruling on Lawrence & Garner V. Texas. In local news, a couple here in my home state of Arizona has recently filed a suit to have the state's prohibition of homosexual marriages removed.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0716gaymarriage.html
The state's law is pretty straight forward, we've got a piece of legislation listing prohibited marriages, and marriage between peoples of the same sex happens to be one of the items on the list. Of course the situation is a bit more complicated than that. Even if the lawsuit is successful it's not as if homosexuals In Arizona are going to be allowed to marry, the Defense of Marriage Act still makes it illegal for any homosexual couple in America to marry, but it is still a small step forward.