Reply #79: Bush's exact words today: [View All]

[Snivi Yllom]

Today, I call upon the Congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman as husband and wife.

The amendment should fully protect marriage, while leaving the state legislatures free to make their own choices in defining legal arrangements other than marriage.

I read "while leaving the state legislatures free to make their own choices in defining legal arrangements other than marriage" to mean civil unions and state partnership rights.

So in a way it's more likely Kerry could conceivably get behind this.