News
2007-01-03
Edwards "not
there yet" on same-sex marriage
Democratic
presidential contender John Edwards says he supports civil
unions for gay couples but isn't ready to back same-sex
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Democratic
presidential contender John Edwards says he supports civil
unions for gay couples but isn't ready to back same-sex
marriage.
The 2004 vice
presidential nominee said in an interview broadcast Sunday
that he is not ready to take a position yet on same-sex
marriage and acknowledged that his upbringing in the
rural South makes this a troubling issue for him.
''It's easy for me to say, 'Civil unions, yes,
partnership benefits, yes,''' he said. But on same-sex
marriage, he said, ''I'm just not there yet.''
The former North
Carolina senator, who announced his 2008 candidacy last
week, also said it is more important to invest in universal
health care and lifting people out of poverty than to
reduce the budget deficit.
Edwards, Iowa
governor Tom Vilsack, and Ohio congressman Dennis
Kucinich have been the only Democrats to announce their 2008
White House bids. (AP)
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