Giuliani Against Civil Unions!

In a recent campaign stop Rudy Giuliani made yet another gesture to the religious right. He reiterated his opposition to marriage equality for gays and lesbians and more formally opposed civil unions, which he has stated before, but now he seems more convincing. He coupled the remarks with a mild gesture supporting equal rights.

Giuliani wants to speak out of both sides of his mouth. He has had many gay supporters in the past and now he is essentially blowing them off but with a kinder, gentler form of discrimination. He is basically saying he supports equality, but with an asterisk.

Here is the quote from the Siouxland article:

Giuliani said he believes marriage should be between one man and one woman and said he doesn't support civil unions, which he said are same-sex marriages in another name. But he said he would support "domestic partnerships," in which the rights of gays would be protected.

"People who are gay, people who are lesbian should have their rights protected," Giuliani said, and "the government should be out of that decision."

'Nuff said. The most pro-gay guy in the race is less pro-gay than Bush, who supports civil unions. That means the Republican contenders are actually devolving not evolving on these issues. This means one thing -- the right wing is bad for our nation's progress.

It also means that the most pro-gay Republican candidate, the one in the lead, is also less pro-gay than every Democrat in the race. No big surprise.