Clinton Stumbles on Marriage

As Mediate.com’s Steven Jessop points out, Clinton spoke at
length with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell about issues pertaining to the secretary’s
trip to Pakistan before Mitchell asked a question about the upcoming marriage
between Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky. Mitchell wondered how the mother of
the bride felt about the fact that Clinton is Methodist and Mezvinsky is
Jewish.

Clinton responded, “It says a lot about this wonderful
experiment known as America, where we recognize the right that every single
person has to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and over the years
so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married — crossing
lines of faith or color or ethnicity — have just disappeared. Because what’s
important is, are you making a responsible decision? Have you thought it
through? Do you understand the consequences? And I think that, in the world
that we’re in today, we need more of that.”

See video of Clinton’s remarks here.