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Bush addresses gay rights issue
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Questioned by an anti-gay rights
publication,
Texas Gov.
George W. Bush
said yesterday
that he opposes
gay marriages
and that a court
erred in striking a
ban on gays in
the Boy Scouts.
Publishers of
the newsletter said Bush’s com
ments were “a good start” but said
they had more questions about the
Republican presidential front-run
ner’s position on gay rights.
Bill Horn is a leading anti-gay
rights activist who publishes a
newsletter called Straight from the
Heart. He has been questioning
presidential campaigns about their
views on gay issues.
Pushed to detail the Texas gov
ernor’s positions, the Bush cam
paign sent Horn a brief statement
yesterday.
“Governor Bush believes mar
riage is between a man and a
woman and therefore does not be
lieve in gay marriages,” the state
ment said. He also opposed adop
tion by gay couples because "he
believes children ought to be
adopted in families with a man and
woman who are married.”
Bush told the newsletter that he
believes the New Jersey Supreme
Court “was wrong” when it struck
down the Boy Scouts’ ban on gays
in the organization.
"He believes the Boy Scouts is a
private organization and they
should be able to set their own
standards,” Bush’s statement said.
“This is a good start,” Horn
said. “There are a couple of other
things we want answers on.”
Horn said he would press Bush
to offer views on ‘‘the gay age
public education” andondot
partner laws allowing bene
partners in a gay relationshij
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would be to provide those;
questions to us, and wew
vide answers to him,"
spokesperson Eric Woolson
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THE POLLIER OF PEOPLE
AUSTIN (AP) — Lt. Gov. Rick Perry — who
switched from the Democratic Party to the GOP a
decade ago — welcomed a batch of party-switchers
into the Republican fold yesterday but said he will not
campaign against incumbent Democrats in the Texas
Senate, over which he presides.
“I’m not going to actively get out there and work
against sitting, incumbent senators. I think that caus
es substantial problems in a body that is very civil,
cooperative and bipartisan,” Perry said after appear
ing with several county officeholders at a party
switching announcement by the state GOP.
The 31-member Senate has 16 Republicans and 15
Democrats.
Up for election in 2000 are seven seats currently
held by Republicans and eight held by Democrats.
Among them is Sen. Gregory Luna, D-San Antonio,
who is not expected to seek another term because of
health problems.
Perry’s position on incumbent Democratic sena
tors was called smart by a party-switcher who went
in the other direction, former Republican and state
Democratic chair Molly Beth Malcolm.
“I think he is aware that the Democrats who are serv
ing in the Texas Senate are outstanding statesmen and
women who do what is right for this state, so I think
that is a smart decision on his part,” Malcolm said.
Perry and the chair of the state GOP, Susan Wed-
dington, hailed the switching of 15 current and for-
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lapels and to Perry’s, saying that the G O p P r «j exas aa
did not have pins when he joined the partyin* ‘’ m
"Why make pins for one person?” shejoke;B „|.' |n n ' 0
Since then, the GOP has surged in Texas A. m tIv j ni ,
point that Republicans now hold all 29 statewid;®
live offices, besides controlling the Senate,a:
publican Gov. George W. Bush is his party’sfa
presidential contender.
Nationally, more than 416 elected Dem
tionwide have changed political parties since 1991
ty officials said. More than 104 of them, plusthos
ed yesterday, have been in Texas, party official'
“These individuals have demonstrated id
dous courage and a commitment to conservatmP
ciples by leaving the Democrat Party and joini J
emerging majority party in Texas — the Repu 1
Party,” Weddington said.
Malcolm, the Democratic leader, had a differai l
These officials switched out of a misguided*
of political expediency,” she said.
“The Democratic Party plans to create a p i
environment that will make them regret their; 1
ing. Any time, give me public servants who»:i
ally stand for principle over those who pin;::
ency and their own careers ahead of the im
the people."
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