"I think with time and without a lot of politicization of this, we'll get there," said Heinz Kerry, who is on a three-day campaign swing through California, which holds its primary next week. "I think our country is basically a tolerant country."
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She said she expected the Bush campaign would use her husband's views on the issue against him in the presidential race if Kerry became the Democratic nominee.
"It's a campaign year, what can I say?" Heinz Kerry said. "They'll use everything, everything."
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Heinz Kerry said she sees the same sex marriage debate from the perspective of a mother because she has many friends struggling to come to terms with children who are gay. "I look at it in a human context because I have friends in those situations, and it's terrible. All we owe people is dignity, respect and civil rights. I think the country will evolve."
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"What is the most damaging, I think, to all of us about many of the actions of this administration," Heinz Kerry said, "has been the cynicism with which they have perpetrated their positions and in which they have moved to trap us and, in a sense, terrorize us. Because it paralyzes us."= = =
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Teresa Heinz Kerry sounds pretty cool! This is a whole lot more supportive and honest than Laura Bush - who would only say that "some people" find gay marriage "very, very shocking" but refused to say how she herself felt about this issue:
Laura Bush says gay marriages are "a very, very shocking issue" for some people... Asked how she feels about the issue personally, Mrs. Bush replies: "Let's just leave it at that."http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-18-laura-bush-marriages_x.htm
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