Bush Shows True Colors on Marriage Amendment

Bush Drops Gay Marriage Amendment

By Paul Johnson, Washington Bureau Chief, 365Gay.com – January 16, 2005

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President Bush said Sunday that he will not press the Senate to pass a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. The change in position comes just days after Democrats called on the President to abandon his push for an amendment.

Republicans used same-sex marriage to their advantage in last November’s election painting Sen. John Kerry as pro gay. Kerry opposes same-sex marriage but believes in granting rights to same-sex couples — a position that Bush also endorsed in an interview with ABC.

Bush said that he didn’t think “we should deny people rights to a civil union [or] a legal arrangement if that’s what a state chooses to do.”

By dropping his push for a constitutional amendment Bush will likely incur the wrath of social conservatives within the GOP, but avoid a confrontation with Democrats when he needs their support in the Senate to confirm dozens of appointments.

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