GOP hopeful Fred
Thompson may have yet to officially announce his
candidacy, but that didn't stop him from saying that
a constitutional amendment could "cure"
the disparity between different state laws on same-sex
marriage.
During an
interview in Iowa with CNN's John King, Thompson
intimated that rather than leaving marriage up to
individual states, he would use the bully pulpit as
president to push for a federal marriage amendment--an
initiative that has dismal prospects at best as long as at
least one of the chambers of Congress stays in
Democratic hands.
King: "Would you, a President Fred Thompson,
actively push a presidential amendment banning gay
marriage?"
Thompson: "Yes, yes, I think that with regard to
gay marriage you have a full faith and credit
issue. I don't think one state ought to be able
to pass a law requiring gay marriage or allowing gay
marriage and have another state be required to follow
along under full faith and credit. There's some
exceptions and exemptions for that. Hasn't
happened yet, but I think a federal court very well likely
will go in that direction, and a constitutional
amendment would cure that." (The Advocate)
