Trying to follow him along --- getting more and more confused [View All]

[tobius]

But with the issue now at center stage, Mr. Kerry found himself in the position of defending his vote in 1996 against the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages and allows each state to ignore such marriages performed in other states. He sought to reconcile his vote then with his statement this week that states should not be forced to recognize gay marriages conducted in other states.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/27/politics/campaign/27DEBA.html?ex=1393218000&en=9716a585c0336005&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND

Mr. Kerry said he had considered the Senate debate on the legislation an instance of gay-bashing. But he said he was mistaken in 1996 when he asserted that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. He suggested, vaguely, that he would vote against it were it to appear before Congress again. Mr. Edwards pounced on that.

"I would not support the Defense of Marriage Act today, if there were a vote today, which is the question you just asked Senator Kerry," he said. "I'm not sure what he said about that. But I would not vote for it."
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http://www.bankofknowledge.net/2004transcripts/archives/000023.html
Asked to explain why he supported civil unions but "opposed" gay mariage, he said this:
...What I said was we need to achieve what we can, and then we will see where we are. It may well be that if we achieve civil union, if we have leadership that advances the causes that I have described to you, that we may all of us progress as we have progressed in the last 15 years to a place where there is a different understanding of it. But at this particular moment in time, I don't believe that exists, '.... ---?

He is a damn good juggler but I am getting dizzy