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mardigras · 10-14-2004, 03:36 PM

Bush: You know, Bob, I don't know. I just don't know. I do know that we have a choice to make in America, and that is to treat people with tolerance and respect and dignity. It is important that we do that. I also know in a free society people, consenting adults can live the way they want to live, and that's to be honored. But as we respect someone's rights and as we profess tolerance, we shouldn't change or have to change our basic views on the sanctity of marriage.

Reality:

Bush ?Reassured? Christian Conservatives He Wouldn?t Appoint ?Open Homosexuals.? During a September 1999 private meeting with the Madison Project - characterized by American Prospect as ?a clique of religious conservative power brokers? - Bush said that as president, he would not appoint open lesbians or gays to federal posts. Madison Project chairman Mike Farris said he was ?reassured? by Bush?s answers to questions about homosexuality, and that he believes Bush has ?genuinely conservative views ?in his heart? about homosexuality.? Farris said that during the meeting, ?[Bush] said I?m not going to appoint people who are open advocates of the homosexual lifestyle because their policies aren?t likely to be my policies on issues.? Madison Project member Rev. Peter Marshall said that Bush told the group, ?Rest assured... I would not appoint somebody to a position who was an open homosexual.? [New York Times, 4/9/99; Dallas Morning News, 10/22/99; Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1/18/00; Chattanooga Times, 10/8/99; American Prospect, 1/31/00]

Bush Said He Wouldn?t Appoint Anyone Who Supported Gay And Lesbian ?Left-Wing Agenda.? In 1994, Bush said that while he wouldn?t ask a potential appointee if they were gay before he appointed them, he wouldn?t anyone who supported the gay and lesbian ?agenda.? Bush said, ?If there is a political agenda that I am uncomfortable with and do not agree with, they?re not going to get appointed... that would include an agenda pushed by the gay and lesbian lobby. It tends to be a left-wing agenda. I am a conservative.? When asked whether he would appoint someone who was openly gay but not politically active, Bush said, ?I don?t know what that means.? [Ethnic NewsWatch, 11/25/94; Houston Chronicle, 11/15/94]

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10-14-2004, 03:36 PM
mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	*George Bush's true* views on homosexuality** Bush: You know, Bob, I don't know. I just don't know. I do know that we have a choice to make in America, and that is to treat people with tolerance and respect and dignity. It is important that we do that. I also know in a free society people, consenting adults can live the way they want to live, and that's to be honored. But as we respect someone's rights and as we profess tolerance, we shouldn't change or have to change our basic views on the sanctity of marriage. Reality: Bush ?Reassured? Christian Conservatives He Wouldn?t Appoint ?Open Homosexuals.? During a September 1999 private meeting with the Madison Project - characterized by American Prospect as ?a clique of religious conservative power brokers? - Bush said that as president, he would not appoint open lesbians or gays to federal posts. Madison Project chairman Mike Farris said he was ?reassured? by Bush?s answers to questions about homosexuality, and that he believes Bush has ?genuinely conservative views ?in his heart? about homosexuality.? Farris said that during the meeting, ?[Bush] said I?m not going to appoint people who are open advocates of the homosexual lifestyle because their policies aren?t likely to be my policies on issues.? Madison Project member Rev. Peter Marshall said that Bush told the group, ?Rest assured... I would not appoint somebody to a position who was an open homosexual.? [New York Times, 4/9/99; Dallas Morning News, 10/22/99; Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1/18/00; Chattanooga Times, 10/8/99; American Prospect, 1/31/00] Bush Said He Wouldn?t Appoint Anyone Who Supported Gay And Lesbian ?Left-Wing Agenda.? In 1994, Bush said that while he wouldn?t ask a potential appointee if they were gay before he appointed them, he wouldn?t anyone who supported the gay and lesbian ?agenda.? Bush said, ?If there is a political agenda that I am uncomfortable with and do not agree with, they?re not going to get appointed... that would include an agenda pushed by the gay and lesbian lobby. It tends to be a left-wing agenda. I am a conservative.? When asked whether he would appoint someone who was openly gay but not politically active, Bush said, ?I don?t know what that means.? [Ethnic NewsWatch, 11/25/94; Houston Chronicle, 11/15/94] From http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/ __________________ .