Dodd, Latest Senator To Endorse Gay Marriage

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Source: On Top Magazine

Another U.S. Senator has flipped on the issue of legalizing gay marriage. Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, announced over the weekend that he now supports gay marriage.

During last year's Democratic presidential primary, Dodd aligned himself with President Obama, who endorses civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.

Dodd's new position was announced at his Senate blog in a post titled Rights, Responsibilities and Love.

“While I've long been for extending every benefit of marriage to same-sex couples, I have in the past drawn a distinction between a marriage-like status and full marriage rights,” Dodd says.

“My young daughters are growing up in a different reality than I did. Our family knows many same-sex couples – our neighbors in Connecticut, members of my staff, parents of their schoolmates. Some are now married because the Connecticut Supreme Court and our state legislature have made same-sex marriage legal in our state.”

“But to my daughters, these couples are married simply because they love each other and want to build a life together. That's what we've taught them. The things that make those families different from their own pale in comparison to the commitments that bind those couples together.”

“And, really, that's what marriage should be. It's about rights and responsibilities and, most of all, love.”

More here: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4062&MediaType=1&Category=26

[GodlessBiker]

1. He sure is a leaf on the wind in his state, rather than a leader on the issue.

But, I'll take it.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

2. "I'll take it."

Same here.