With members of the powerful Bush family, the McCain family, the Cheney
family, and other American political families and celebrities supporting gay
and lesbian "marriage", is it really any wonder that the nation is becoming
rotten and perverted to the core? I can imagine a day when God-fearing,
Bible-believing Christians may beg the Lord to take us out of this corrupt,
sinful world, because it is growing more sick and perverted by the year!
This is the blind [leaders] leading the blind, and Jesus said that both
would fall into the ditch!

Bush's Daughter, in a Break, Endorses Gay Marriage

By MICHAEL BARBARO - NYT

January 31, 2011


The Bush dynasty is no stranger to generational conflict: father and son
differed over deposing Saddam Hussein, raising taxes and the role of the
United Nations.

Now it is father and daughter who find themselves at odds over a weighty
issue.

Barbara Bush, one of the twin daughters of George W. Bush, will endorse
same-sex marriage on Tuesday, publicly breaking ranks with a father who, as
president, pushed for a constitutional amendment banning such unions.

Ms. Bush, 29, has taped a video calling on New York to legalize gay
marriage. A bill to do that was defeated in the state in 2009. She describes
the issue as a matter of conscience and equality.

"I am Barbara Bush, and I am a New Yorker for marriage equality," she says
in the brief message, sponsored by an advocacy group. "New York is about
fairness and equality. And everyone should have the right to marry the
person that they love."

The video ends with Ms. Bush, who lives in Manhattan, imploring the state's
residents to "join us."

Ms. Bush is the latest child of a prominent Republican leader to embrace
same-sex marriage, long considered anathema to the conservative movement.
Gay rights advocates have been quick to seize on the generational split as
evidence that the acceptance of same-sex marriage is blind to party
affiliation and family values.

Meghan McCain, the daughter of John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential
nominee, has become an outspoken supporter of same-sex marriage, despite her
father's opposition to it. And Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice
President Dick Cheney, has forcefully backed it as well -- and is widely
credited with helping to persuade her father to do the same.

In the case of Mr. McCain, Mr. Cheney and Mr. Bush, it is not just their
children who have supported it. So, to varying degrees, have their wives.
Laura Bush, in a television interview in May, said, "When couples are
committed to each other and love each other" they should have "the same sort
of rights that everyone has."

Ms. McCain, a blogger and author, has said it is unhealthy for members of
political families to paper over disagreements on issues of social justice
merely to project an image of harmony. "Wives and children should be able to
speak their piece," she said in a television interview last year. "I think
it shows healthy dynamics within a family. We shouldn't all think one way,
and think one thing."

Barbara Bush, who started a nonprofit group focused on global health, rarely
speaks out on American political issues, making her foray into the same-sex
marriage debate so striking. But for years, those close to her say, she has
surrounded herself with gay friends -- at Yale, where she was an
undergraduate, and in New York City, where she worked in the design world.

C. Brian Smith, a friend from college who is gay, recalled that the Yale Ms.
Bush inhabited was filled with openly gay students and unbothered by
questions about sexuality. "She had that mind-set," he said. "She was loved
by the gay community at Yale."

Members of the Bush family seemed uneager to discuss her entry into the
marriage debate. Ms. Bush declined an interview request. A spokesman for Mr.
Bush said he had no comment. Her sister, Jenna Bush Hager, a correspondent
for "Today," has not publicly discussed the topic.

The Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights group that made the video,
plans to show it Saturday at an annual gala in New York City. Advocates said
it would show elected officials and voters that, in many cases, young people
are not following in their parents' ideological footsteps.

"No matter what party they belong to, young Americans believe in basic
fairness and equality," said Brian Ellner, who is overseeing the Human
Rights Campaign's bid to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.



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