Brody: On Constitutional marriage amendment , are, are you for something like that?
Palin: I am, in my own, state, I have voted along with the vast majority of Alaskans who had the opportunity to vote to amend our Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. I wish on a federal level that that's where we would go because I don't support gay marriage. I'm not going to be out there judging individuals, sitting in a seat of judgment telling what they can and can't do, should and should not do, but I certainly can express my own opinion here and take actions that I believe would be best for traditional marriage and that's casting my votes and speaking up for traditional marriage that, that instrument that it's the foundation of our society is that strong family and that's based on that traditional definition of marriage, so I do support that. (emphasis added)
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sarah Palin Wants to Amend the Constitution
In an interview with the Christian Bible Network (CBN) Alaskan Governor and Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin broke with her running mate, Senator John McCain and supported a constitutional amendment banning same sex-marriage when asked:
I learned of this story via ThinkProgress's story. As TP notes, I guess she is no longer, 'in a sense,' a Federalist as she is on Roe v. Wade. Does she know what a Federalist is? Does she see this issue being of such great importance, greater importance than Roe, that she is willing to set aside her Federalist stance? I hope she'll finally conduct a press conference so that someone may ask her.
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"speaking up for traditional marriage that, that instrument that it's the foundation of our society is that strong family and that's based on that traditional definition of marriage, so I do support that."
ReplyDeleteAnyone care to translate this?
I was about to copy/comment on that exact same quote. I read it three times and just gave up.
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I am speaking up for the tradition of marriage. Marriage is an instrument which we use to insure the continuance of our social wisdom and personal morals. Without traditional marriage, the foundation of strong families will fail. I absolutely support, in fact I will fight for, all efforts to preserve the strength of our families.
Of course the problem with this argument is its equal applicability to gay marriage.
"speaking up for traditional marriage that, that instrument that it's the foundation of our society is that strong family and that's based on that traditional definition of marriage, so I do support that." = Strong Dollar Policy
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