Irish musician Bono, left, sits with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore while addressing a conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and (my guy) Irish rock singer Bono warned the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday that efforts to tackle climate change and global poverty were lagging, and not improving conditions as much as is needed.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, G-8 Nations were urged to speed up global warming, hunger efforts.
But much coming out of the talking heads of the MSM on this side of the pond came over what Citizen Gore said about Gay Marriage this week.
Gore, who as vice president supported the Defense of Marriage Act, has put up a video on his Current TV Web site in which he stands up for gay marriage:
“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…”
Gore’s statement, notes Ben Smith at Politico, “pushes the Democratic establishment that much closer to a position he now shares with Eliot Spitzer and some other leading Dems, and is prompting a bit of grumbling in gay political circles that this batch of candidates aren’t quite there.” He continues:
Gore’s words come after the leading presidential candidates have tiptoed up to, but not crossed, the line of support for same-sex marriage. All three support equal substantive rights for gay and lesbians couples, and they’ve sought to woo gay voters in other ways: Elizabeth Edwards has voiced her support for same-sex marriage, for instance, and Barack Obama recently scolded the black church for homophobia, in a speech to an African-American congregation.
Will Gore’s comments up the ante for the candidates if they want to be seen as sincere? And taking both issues into account, is there any doubt that Al Gore, private citizen, has done more to move the global political debate than Al Gore, elected official, ever did.
2 comments:
I think a happy homosexual union is infinitely perferable to an unhappy heterosexual one. That said, I'm not sure whether the Dems truly believe in their pro-gay views or are just pandering to a voting bloc. I certainly think Gore has raised some valid points, but I think we have more urgent issues at hand than gay rights or global warming. Such as world hunger.
personally...I think that global warming is a serious issue. As John McCain said to supporters in Michigan, maybe there's no such thing as global warming. Maybe there is. But either way, what does it hurt to to make a cleaner, better future for our children. And as for gay marraige, I think that the government should have no part in recognizing anything. Rather, we should follow in France's footsteps: only recognize marriages at the court as legal, and anyone who wants to have a marriage at a church can do so at a later date. Also, I think that homosexuals have the right to be just as miserable as everyone else.
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