Pelosi
Statement on President's Endorsement of Gay Marriage Ban
February
24, 2004
Washington,
D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following
statement today on the President's endorsement of the proposed Constitutional
amendment banning gay marriage:
"I strongly
oppose this amendment and will work to defeat it.
"The United
States Constitution is not a place for political wedge issues. The
Constitution is about freedom, not about limiting freedoms. Never
before has a Constitutional amendment been used to discriminate
against a group of people, and we must not start now.
"This
is a classic case of the President trying to distract from his failures.
Whether the issue is Iraq, the economy and jobs or health care,
the President and the Republicans are in disarray and in desperate
need of a distraction. The American people deserve better."
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