Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 07:11:46 PM EDT
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Christie Whitman had this to say during a speech over the weekend given to the Log Cabin Republicans:"I am not saying to Christian conservatives, 'There is no place for you.'. I am saying, 'Please stop saying there is no place for us.' Pam's House Blend points us to comments made to the Christian News Service that Whitman wants the "Preserving Traditional Marriage" plank deleted altogether:"Well, I am somebody who believes in the separation of church and state and that the government, frankly, ought to be out of the business of marriage entirely," Whitman told CNSNews.com after her speech.
"It ought to be everybody - heterosexual, homosexual. When you go down and register to get married, that's when the legal transfer of everything occurs and that's a legal recognition of a relationship - and if you want to get married in a church, a temple, whatever, and you find one, great!" she said.
..."I would like them to take it out. I just don't think it's an issue that ought to be in a party platform. It's a personal issue, not a political one." And regarding military service:While speaking with CNSNews.com, Whitman also called for the open acceptance of homosexuals and lesbians in the U.S. military.
"I don't care if he is straight," said Whitman, in reference to a soldier's sexuality. "I care if he can shoot straight." There definitely is a battle in the Republican party right now over what they will stand for and who will lead them. We'll have to see whether they actually get rid of the plank, but these are certainly some bold words from the former Governor. |
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