Speaking officially for the Democratic Party, Howard Dean issued a paid press release immediately after the Appeals Court’s decision came through. “As Democrats,” said the release, “we believe that every American has a right to equal protection under the law and to live in dignity. And we must respect the right of every family to live in dignity with equal rights, responsibilities, and protections under the law.”
Dean continued, “Today’s decision by the New York Court of Appeals, which relies on outdated and bigoted notions about families, is deeply disappointing, but it does not end the effort to achieve this goal.” Dean, who has been a vociferous supporter of abortion and homosexual marriage, legalized same-sex civil unions as governor of Vermont in 2000.
It’s funny, because anti-marriage proponents have always asked which marriages we were trying to save.
The outdated and bigoted ones, I guess…