What is ironic about Al Gore's clip on Current TV (http://current.com/items/88817757_gay_men_and_women_should_have_the_same_rights) is that the statements he makes in it sounds like very much like what Andrew Sullivan said in support of gay marriage over a decade ago, particularly the stabilizing effect marriage would have on same sex relationships (which seemed to be confirmed in the article I discussed yesterday). Here are highlights of Gore's comments:
I think it's wrong for the government to discriminate against people because of a person's sexual orientation. I think that gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women to make contracts, have hospital visiting rights, and join together in marriage. I don't understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage to allow it for gays and lesbians.
Shouldn't we be promoting the kind of faithfulness and loyalty to one partner regardless of sexual orientation? Because if we don't do that, then to that extent you are promoting promiscuity and promoting all the problems that can result from promiscuity. And the loyalty and love that people feel for one another when they fall in love ought to be celebrated and encouraged and shouldn't be prevented by any form of discrimination in the law.
1 comment:
Ah Michael,
If only our other politicians were as enlightened as Al Gore now appears to be. As time goes by, I find myself more and more respecting the man who should have been President.
David
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