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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI guess we will see Mary Landrieu supporing backround checks very soon.
http://www.joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/04/sen-mary-landrieu-i-support-marriage.html#disqus_threadLandrieu told CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta in an interview Friday that she personally believes "people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry," but that her obligation rests with the people of Louisiana who elected her. "My state has a very strong constitutional amendment not only against gay marriage but against gay partnerships. So I'm looking at the people of Louisiana trying to represent their interests," she said.
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Apparently Senator Landrieu is nothing but a weather vane so I should be expecting her to vote for back round checks, for raising taxes on the rich and estates, for raising taxes on oil companies, and against cuts to Social Security.
Keefer
(713 posts)background checks, right?
Just trying to help.
JI7
(89,182 posts)oppose civil rights for minorities . would she decide to vote against it because of her state as she is justifying with marriage for gays ?
pacalo
(24,721 posts)with the expectation that she would represent Democratic values -- civil rights for all people.
If she believes that "people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry" but votes the way the wind blows, then she's nothing more than a career polititian who is of no use to those who care about what is right & what is wrong.
Senator Landrieu, when I voted for you in every one of your elections *as a Democrat*, I did so with the expectation that you would represent *Democratic* ideals, which certainly includes civil rights for *all* people. Currently, the federal laws that are geared to help married couples do not afford the same to those united, committed couples who are the same sex.
According to a CNN article that I read today, you believe that "people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry" but that you would not support overturning the federal ban on same-sex marriage. The federal law would not apply to *just* Louisiana; there are many more progressive-minded people across the country who desperately wants all married people to have the same protections and accomodations by our federal laws.
A *Democrat* who votes only the way the wind blows seems to be more interested in being a career polititian than one who cares about what is right and what is wrong.