Reply #19: Kerry supports giving all rights of heteroexuals to gay couples

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but he knows that the term "gay marriage" is something most people oppose and something republicans can easily use to gain political support and in the process deny all rights to gay couples.

kerry supports giving them the same rights, and with time the term "marriage" may one day be acceptable also.

you can complain about politicians all you want but it still comes down to voters.

even in california which is usually very liberal on social issues like abortion rights voted for an anti gay proposition by a large amount. and all the top democratic officials were against it also. they even ran ads to show they opposed it. even clinton and gore opposed it. yet california voted for it by a huge amount.