Gov. Sarah Palin Wants Federal Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

by Michael Jones · 2008-10-21 05:00:00 UTC
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palinIt's a split with her running mate, Sen. John McCain, but Gov. Sarah Palin has come out for a federal Constitutional amendment defining marriage between one man and one woman.

In an interview that will air on the Christian Broadcasting Network this week, Palin admits that she wishes the federal government would follow the lead of states like Alaska, which have amended their constitutions to define marriage as "one man, one woman."

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.

This is, sadly, another missed opportunity for Gov. Palin to follow through with the "tolerance" she said she had for LGBT people during the October 2 Vice-Presidential debate.

At their core, Palin's statements reflect a belief on her part that sexuality is a choice.  In the wake of the October 2 debate, here's what Palin said about one of her lesbian friends:

One of my absolute best friends for the last 30 years who happens to be gay and I love her dearly. And she is not my gay friend. She is one of my best friends who happens to have made a choice that isn't a choice that I would have made.

Therein lies the problem, Gov. Palin.  The reason you would not choose to be a lesbian is BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ONE.  So while it's nice to use words like "tolerance" when talking about LGBT Americans, in cases like this "tolerance" comes off as just more judgment.

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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