Making Peace With The Moderates

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I'd like to preface my remarks by saying I have no desire to reach an accord with right wingers.... They are and will always remain our opponents but I am willing to reach out to moderates...


I think on choice and gay rights an accord can be reached with moderates...

I agree with Bill Clinton that abortion should be "safe, legal, and rare"... To that end I would work with moderate folks to expand family planning with an emphasis on abstinence for minors....I would also favor a ban on late term abortions as long as there was a provision for life of the mother...


I support gay marriage but would support civil unions in the interim period....I think most folks aren't homophobic but at this moment in our history gay marriage is too much of a break from tradition for them... Even in Europe most nations offer civil unions not gay marriage...

I think the Democratic party is right where the nation is at on defense and the economy as long as we are able to neutralize terror as a weapon that the Bush Team uses to wield control...