Reply #21: She recanted shortly thereafter [View All]

[Bishop Rook]

Said that homosexuality is not immoral.

In fact, neither Obama and Clinton initially gave a strong stance, then both of them later clarified saying that they disagree with Chairman Pace.

Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) responded on Thursday to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace's comments that homosexual behavior is "immoral," but only after they were criticized for failing to do so by a homosexual advocacy group.

"Well, I've heard from a number of my friends, and I've certainly clarified with them any misunderstanding that anyone had, because I disagree with General Pace completely," Clinton told Bloomberg News. "I do not think homosexuality is immoral."

Also on Thursday, Obama released a statement on the issue. "I do not agree with General Pace that homosexuality is immoral," the Illinois Democrat noted. "Attempts to divide people like this have consumed too much of our politics over the past six years."

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200703/CUL20070316a.html

We need honesty on both sides (though I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't know the similarities here).

Nothing in this thread changes the fact that Obama and Clinton's policies and platforms are effectively identical on gay rights. They support federally mandated civil unions but not full marriage; they support repealing DOMA and leaving the marriage issue up to the states; they oppose don't-ask-don't-tell; they support expanding hate-crime and anti-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation... One candidate's supporters criticizing the other candidate is therefore bound to be an exercise in hypocrisy, and I suggest we skip it.