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Palin breaks with McCain on Federal Marriage Amendment.
Think Progress —
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has said he opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would amend the Constitution to ban marriage equality, because he believes it is an issue to be left up to states. In an interview with CBN’s David Brody, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) broke with McCain and strongly supported the amendment:
PALIN: [I]n 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 ...
McCain, Palin split on marriage
Political Animal —
MCCAIN, PALIN SPLIT ON MARRIAGE.... John McCain has taken some heat from the Republican base for his opposition to a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. It's not that he's tolerant on gay rights -- he's actually even further to the right than Bush, even opposing state initiatives on civil unions -- but he claims to be a "federalist" on the issue. Sarah Palin, however, is somewhere else. During her debate with Joe Biden a couple of weeks ago, Palin was asked if she would support granting same-sex benefits to couples nationwide, as they do in Alaska. She kinda sorta expressed opposition to the idea, before offering a bizarre, 85-word, run-on ...
Did Sarah Palin just come out in support of the federal marriage amendment?
Althouse —
She says: "[I]n 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." Somebody please ask her the follow-up question about the constitutional amendment. There are other things that can be done "on a federal level" to oppose same-sex marriage, and she only refers to amending the Alaskan constitution. These are important distinctions, because it is very hard to amend the ...
Palin for FMA
Matthew Yglesias —
One issue on which John McCain is no George W. Bush is the question of a Federal Marriage Amendment that would prevent states from granting equal marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. Bush is for it, McCain is against it. And now it seems Palin is for it:
Normally a VP nominee would avoid contradicting the top of the ticket, but perhaps this is pre-positioning for 2012. ...
Palin: MAN AND WOMAN!
Shakesville —
via Think Progress: Gov. Palin wants a Federal Marriage Amendment to change the Constitution to define marriage between a man and a woman. Her running mate (HA!) Senator McCain believes it is a state's issue. I say, "Fuck'em both." Ya know what is equally popular in the US than traditional marriage? DIVORCE! Family values rock! Here is Governor Palin in an interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network. CBN is the most important journalistic enterprise in America. She can't say no to Christian journalists. Just keep all those liberal rags away from her. SECRET SERVICE, do your ...
Palin and the Federal Marriage Amendment: Dobson First
Crooks and Liars —
Sarah Palin breaks with John McCain, telling CBN's David Brody that she would support a "Federal Marriage Amendment" effectively banning gay marriage: 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 ...
Does Palin support the FMA?
Stubborn Facts —
It's a very minor point, to my mind, but it does appear that in this video, Sarah Palin endorses some form of Federal Marriage Amendment. (I say minor not least because, as I pointed out two years ago, any FMA is DOA.) If she means that she supports the various attempts to amend the federal Constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman, I can't agree; I support marriage remaining a question for the states to the greatest extent possible.
I will say, however, that a Supreme Court decision either inventing a Constitutional right to marriage or finding the various state amendments in violation of the equal protection ...
