California gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman is interested in the environment. She's interested in education. And she's interested in banning civil rights. A Prop 8 supporter, the former eBay CEO now finds herself — or rather, her team finds itself — clarifying where Whitman stands on same-sex unions. And it's an interesting situation, because Whitman's become so well known for wanting to keep equal rights away from gay men and women. But wait, what's this? She supports civil unions?
Ah yes, she's one of those people who just want to reserve the word "marriage" for straight people. It's a position she relayed before: A stance built on her religious convictions, Whitman's spokesflack Mitch Zak explains in an interview with WowOWow. "Yes, she voted for Proposition 8, and to her that was a matter of her faith and her personal convictions. She does believe the term 'marriage' should belong to the union of a man and a woman. But that said, she is absolutely a strong supporter of civil unions and it’s evident by her leadership at eBay. It was tremendously inclusive in that regard. The one other distinction that she made is that the folks who were legally married when the law was in California, those folks should stay married."
Queerty - March 30, 2009
This from a decidely gay agenda blog, but nonetheless when she was interviewed last night on CBS, Ms. Meg stated exactly the same thing regarding her opposition to gay marriage despite the fact that daily new states across the country are ruling in favor of gay marriage. Now what is she afraid of really? In addition, Ms. Meg admitted that she did not even choose to vote in the last three elections. Now is that the kind of person we want for our next Governor? How is she going to "fix" California when she doesn't even think that voting is important and gays should have the right to be married?
