Bush repeats opposition to gay marriage

President George W. Bush reiterated his belief about solely sanctioning heterosexual marriages during a news conference Tuesday at the White House.

In the midst of a session devoted mostly to issues surrounding the Iraq war, a reporter reminded the president that many of the thousands of same-sex couples who got married in San Francisco in 2004 -- only to have the marriages nullified by the courts -- were also parents.

“Are you still confident that society’s interest and the interest of those children in gay families are being met by government saying their parents can’t marry?” the reporter asked.

“I believe society’s interests are met by defining marriage as between a man and a woman,” President Bush replied. “That’s what I believe.”

The largest gay Democratic group, the National Stonewall Democrats, called the president’s remark an “affirmation of marriage discrimination.” (source)

So basically, he doesn’t give a damn about the interest of children in gay families. His inability to answer the question spoke louder than any other answer he could have given. This President is not the President of all the people. He picks and chooses who is worthy of his support.

I look forward to the day that the President of the United States doesn’t have that luxury.

But the bigger question is this... Will his conservative base take the gay marriage bait again? After all, after he was elected to a second term, he forgot all about the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage. A lot of those conservatives that supported his reelection were very soured by that. I realize the moron can’t run again since this is his second term. But will the next Republican candidate, whoever that is, try to gain political traction once again with this issue, at the expense of gay families and their children?

These people are shameless.