I don't like John Edwards, the Democrats' newly anointed VP nominee-to-be. Edwards is a shill for rapacious trial lawyers and an advocate of bigger government spending programs and more regulation by Washington bureaucracies, higher taxes on job and wealth producers and on stock market investments that grow the economy, and a vocal supporter of protectionist trade tariffs. So of course the GOP goes and immediately attacks Edwards for one thing I do approve of -- his support for legal equality (if short of actual marriage) for gays.
The Republican National Committee's website castigates Edward for opposing the anti-gay Federal Marriage Amendment, opposing the Defense of Marriage Act, and saying states should decide civil union status. But that's just for starters; the RNC then laces into Edwards for opposing sodomy laws!
According to the RNC site, "Edwards doesn't share the priorities
of American families" because:
Edwards Believes In Right To Privacy When It Comes To State Sodomy Laws
EDWARDS: "I believe there is a fundamental right to privacy. I do not believe the government belongs in people's bedrooms. I think that applies to both gay and lesbian couples and heterosexual couples." (Sen. John Edwards, Remarks At Democrat Presidential Candidates Debate, Columbia, SC, 5/3/03)
Clearly, the RNC thinks this is damning, and it conveys that the
Bush campaign does not believe in privacy among consenting
adults within one's bedroom -- if there was any doubt about
that.