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Al Gore: Gay Men
and Women Ought to Have Marriage Rights

Al Gore: Gay Men
and Women Ought to Have Marriage Rights

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Al Gore has gone on record saying that same-sex couples should have the right to marry. He put out the message via a video posted on Current TV, the former vice president's news and information network, and it was picked up by Andy Towle at TowleRoad.com.

Al Gore has gone on record saying that same-sex couples should have the right to marry. He put out the message via a video posted on Current TV, the former vice president's news and information network, and it was picked up by Andy Towle at TowleRoad.com.

Here is the statement in its entirety: "I think it's wrong for the government to discriminate against people because of that person's sexual orientation. I think that gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women -- to make contracts, to have hospital visiting rights, to join together in marriage, and I don't understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage to allow it by gays and lesbians. Shouldn't we be promoting the kind of faithfulness and loyalty to one's partner regardless of sexual orientation? Because if you don't do that, then to that extent you're promoting promiscuity -- you're promoting all the problems that can result from promiscuity. And the loyalty and love that two people feel for one another when they fall in love ought to be celebrated and encouraged and shouldn't be prevented by any form of discrimination in the law."

Many Democrats hoped Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, would run for president again this year. The three top Democratic candidates -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards -- support civil unions for gays and lesbians but not full marriage equality. (The Advocate)

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