MEMO TO GLENN

The usually even-keeled Instapundit says that Kerry’s “position on gay marriage is the same as the President’s.” I can’t see how that’s even remotely the case. Both Bush and Kerry oppose civil marriage for gays. True. But Kerry supports giving gays every single right that civil marriage has – on a state and federal level – and just wants to call it something different. Kerry also believes that the individual states should decide what their own policies should be. Bush opposes civil unions, and has supported a constitutional amendment that would forbid any state from granting the “incidents” of marriage to any gay couple. Kerry: 100 percent of the rights of civil marriage. Bush: none. I’d say that’s a pretty huge difference, wouldn’t you? Some say the president supports civil unions. Funny, I’ve never heard him say that in public and his FMA would ban them. If the president believes gay couples should have some limited rights – but not marriage rights – I’d love to hear him say it. But he won’t. Why? Because he’s catering to people who think gay couples are an abomination, that’s why. One last gripe about Glenn: he also writes that Kerry “dissed” Mary Cheney. How? Is calling an openly gay person gay an insult?