Information Alert from
Victoria Cobb, President
The Family Foundation of VirginiaAs North Carolinians vote today to determine whether their state Constitution will protect the definition of marriage, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine was asked this morning about his position on the issue.
Kaine’s answer was anything but clear. In fact, his obfuscation led the National Journal to label his attempted response “policy pirouettes.” Kaine said, “The number one issue is should committed couples have the same legal rights and responsibilities and the answer to that is an unequivocal yes. I believe in the legal equality of relationships. Is it marriage, is it civil unions, is it domestic partners? I kind of let that one go.”
The crowd and reporters kept pressing, but Kaine remained steadfastly vague. (You can read more of Kaine’s “answers” here.)
In 2006, then Governor Kaine publicly opposed Virginia’s marriage amendment, going so far as to campaign against the measure that eventually passed with 57 percent of the vote. Just a few months before, while a candidate for Governor, Kaine gave The Family Foundation Action the following response to a candidate survey question about the measure:
Kaine’s answer was anything but clear. In fact, his obfuscation led the National Journal to label his attempted response “policy pirouettes.” Kaine said, “The number one issue is should committed couples have the same legal rights and responsibilities and the answer to that is an unequivocal yes. I believe in the legal equality of relationships. Is it marriage, is it civil unions, is it domestic partners? I kind of let that one go.”
The crowd and reporters kept pressing, but Kaine remained steadfastly vague. (You can read more of Kaine’s “answers” here.)
In 2006, then Governor Kaine publicly opposed Virginia’s marriage amendment, going so far as to campaign against the measure that eventually passed with 57 percent of the vote. Just a few months before, while a candidate for Governor, Kaine gave The Family Foundation Action the following response to a candidate survey question about the measure:
“I have long supported Virginia law that declares marriage to be between a man and a woman, and I support a Constitutional amendment.”
Incredibly, just days after being sworn in as Governor, Kaine reversed his support for the ballot measure and urged the General Assembly to keep it off the ballot. (The legislation calling for the measure passed the 2005 General Assembly but had to pass again in 2006 to be placed on the ballot.)
At one point during the discussion this morning, Kaine indicated that “marriage” is little more than a label, saying "I think the labels actually get in the way of the issue."
But marriage isn’t the only issue on which Kaine has shifted since running for Governor in 2005. Relatedly, at that time, he told The Family Foundation and the media that he opposed homosexual couples adopting, but supported Virginia law allowing homosexual individuals to adopt. Late in his administration, however, he introduced a regulation that would have prohibited child placement agencies from considering homosexual behavior at all when choosing parents for adoption. Last year, he said that unmarried homosexual couples should be able to adopt if a judge determined it was in the best interest of the child (contrary to Virginia law and state Constitution).
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One has to wonder, if opinions on the issue of marriage are shifting as we’ve been told over and over by supporters of same-sex marriage, why Kaine continues to dodge the question. Of course, while so-called “progressives” insist that Americans are shifting in their opinion on the definition of marriage, they are 0-31 when it comes to marriage amendments at the ballot box. Candidate Kaine knows that.
Incredibly, just days after being sworn in as Governor, Kaine reversed his support for the ballot measure and urged the General Assembly to keep it off the ballot. (The legislation calling for the measure passed the 2005 General Assembly but had to pass again in 2006 to be placed on the ballot.)
At one point during the discussion this morning, Kaine indicated that “marriage” is little more than a label, saying "I think the labels actually get in the way of the issue."
But marriage isn’t the only issue on which Kaine has shifted since running for Governor in 2005. Relatedly, at that time, he told The Family Foundation and the media that he opposed homosexual couples adopting, but supported Virginia law allowing homosexual individuals to adopt. Late in his administration, however, he introduced a regulation that would have prohibited child placement agencies from considering homosexual behavior at all when choosing parents for adoption. Last year, he said that unmarried homosexual couples should be able to adopt if a judge determined it was in the best interest of the child (contrary to Virginia law and state Constitution).
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One has to wonder, if opinions on the issue of marriage are shifting as we’ve been told over and over by supporters of same-sex marriage, why Kaine continues to dodge the question. Of course, while so-called “progressives” insist that Americans are shifting in their opinion on the definition of marriage, they are 0-31 when it comes to marriage amendments at the ballot box. Candidate Kaine knows that.
Our guess, however, is that whatever he says on the issue while on the campaign trail doesn’t really matter. History has proven that Tim Kaine’s position is likely to change as soon as Election Day is over.
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