This is a tough one, Bernie. The fact of the matter is, we live in a free society and freedom means freedom for everybody. We don t get to choose, and shouldn t be able to choose, and say, You get to live free, but you don t. And I think that means that people should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into .
Exceptions open a window into a candidate s heart.
Presumably, Al Gore believes abortion is a moral good and Bush thinks it is morally wrong to kill an unborn child. Yet, if the child s father is a criminal, Bush supports the legalized killing of that child. It seems likely that he has never concluded that the innocent child deserves to die. Rather it appears that he has simply decided that this position will get him more votes, and so, if innocent kids die as a result, at least he won the governorship, presidency, etc. In 1995, James Dobson of Focus on the Family publicly repented on air and in his March newsletter for having supported somewhat pro-choice politicians.