Democratic Candidates Oppose Gay Marriage

(Washington, D.C.) None of the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination support Tuesday's Massachusetts court ruling on same-sex marriage.

While they all said they support the right of same-sex couples to receive the same benefits as married couples, only the three candidates at the back of the pack, Al Sharpton, Dennis Kucinich, and Carol Moseley Braun would come out and support gay marriage.

"As a society we should be looking for ways to bring us together and as someone who supports the legal rights of all Americans regardless of sexual orientation, I appreciate today's decision," said Wesley Clark.

"As president, I would support giving gays and lesbians the legal rights that married couples get."

However, Clark said he did not support the right of gays and lesbians to marry.

John Kerry and John Edwards issued statements Tuesday restating their opposition to gay marriage.

Howard Dean would support civil unions, such those enacted while he was Governor of Vermont, but not marriage.

"The state should afford same-sex couples equal treatment under law in areas such as health insurance, hospital visitation and inheritance rights."

Sen. Joe Lieberman said that while he opposes gay marriage, "I have also long believed that states have the right to adopt for themselves laws that allow same-sex unions."

Dick Gephardt, whose lesbian daughter is working on his campaign, also would go no further than supporting domestic partner rights.

Like the other candidates, Gephardt is opposed to amending the Constitution to permanently bar states from legalizing same-sex marriage.

"It is my hope that we don't get sidetracked by the right wing into a debate over a phony constitutional amendment banning gay marriage," said Gephardt.

"I strongly oppose such an effort as purely political and unnecessarily divisive at the expense of those who already suffer from discrimination."

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