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Carney flees question about Obama, polygamy
But issue already gaining attention in multiple venues
WND
7/31/2012
Excerpt:
"White House press secretary Jay Carney is having nothing to do with questions about polygamy, even though as president, Barack Obama has done more to advance the cause of alternative sexual lifestyles in the United States than any other president.
His Department of Justice has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which currently is the law of the land. Obama has declared special days and events to recognize alternative sexual lifestyles. He’s appointed probably more individuals choosing those lifestyles to public office than any other president. He’s allowed homosexuals to serve openly in the U.S. military. And the list goes on.
But at today’s daily news briefing at the White House, Carney simply skipped over a question from Les Kinsolving, WND’s correspondent at the White House, about polygamy.
Carney declined to recognize Kinsolving, but Kinsolving inserted a question into the dialogue anyway, much as reporters shout questions to politicians when they are within earshot.
“How does the president stand on polygamy?” Kinsolving asked as Carney was closing his remarks about the”targeted killings policy” Obama uses as part of his national security effort.
Carney’s response was to call on another reporter.
“How does he stand on polygamy? Could you answer that question,” came the followup from Kinsolving.
Carney repeated the other reporter’s name: “Kristen.”
“So you want to dodge that issue,” was the comment that followed, according to the White House transcript of the exchange.
The questions from Kinsolving followed shortly after two consecutive reporters had raised the issue of the same-sex “marriage” plank in the platform for the Democratic Party this year.
Kinsolving had wanted to follow up with a question about Time magazine’s extensive current article about polygamy, titled “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” and featuring the story of Alina, Valeria and Vicki, the “three wives of Joe Darger” in Utah.
The article portrays polygamy as having a “rising cultural profile.”
The report suggests that the “once-secretive plural families” are beginning to fight for recognition, much as homosexuals have done over the past decades.
The article quotes former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum saying, “If you think it’s OK for two men to marry, then you have to differentiate with me as to why it’s not OK for three.”
The concept already has gained traction in other parts of the world, specifically Canada, which is further along in the campaign for lifestyles with sexual alternatives. There, polygamists went to court to claim rights based on the fact the nation already recognized same-sex couples.
And even though it was declared by the Republican Party in 1854 as one of the “twin relics of barbarism,” along with slavery, there’s been a resurgence of accepting attitudes.
In fact, when the California Supreme Court ruled in 2010 in favor of homosexual marriage, a case now being forwarded to the U.S. Supreme Court, one dissenting justice warned that it would be logical to expect support for polygamy soon would follow."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/carney-fl..._orig=politics
But issue already gaining attention in multiple venues
WND
7/31/2012
Excerpt:
"White House press secretary Jay Carney is having nothing to do with questions about polygamy, even though as president, Barack Obama has done more to advance the cause of alternative sexual lifestyles in the United States than any other president.
His Department of Justice has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which currently is the law of the land. Obama has declared special days and events to recognize alternative sexual lifestyles. He’s appointed probably more individuals choosing those lifestyles to public office than any other president. He’s allowed homosexuals to serve openly in the U.S. military. And the list goes on.
But at today’s daily news briefing at the White House, Carney simply skipped over a question from Les Kinsolving, WND’s correspondent at the White House, about polygamy.
Carney declined to recognize Kinsolving, but Kinsolving inserted a question into the dialogue anyway, much as reporters shout questions to politicians when they are within earshot.
“How does the president stand on polygamy?” Kinsolving asked as Carney was closing his remarks about the”targeted killings policy” Obama uses as part of his national security effort.
Carney’s response was to call on another reporter.
“How does he stand on polygamy? Could you answer that question,” came the followup from Kinsolving.
Carney repeated the other reporter’s name: “Kristen.”
“So you want to dodge that issue,” was the comment that followed, according to the White House transcript of the exchange.
The questions from Kinsolving followed shortly after two consecutive reporters had raised the issue of the same-sex “marriage” plank in the platform for the Democratic Party this year.
Kinsolving had wanted to follow up with a question about Time magazine’s extensive current article about polygamy, titled “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do” and featuring the story of Alina, Valeria and Vicki, the “three wives of Joe Darger” in Utah.
The article portrays polygamy as having a “rising cultural profile.”
The report suggests that the “once-secretive plural families” are beginning to fight for recognition, much as homosexuals have done over the past decades.
The article quotes former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum saying, “If you think it’s OK for two men to marry, then you have to differentiate with me as to why it’s not OK for three.”
The concept already has gained traction in other parts of the world, specifically Canada, which is further along in the campaign for lifestyles with sexual alternatives. There, polygamists went to court to claim rights based on the fact the nation already recognized same-sex couples.
And even though it was declared by the Republican Party in 1854 as one of the “twin relics of barbarism,” along with slavery, there’s been a resurgence of accepting attitudes.
In fact, when the California Supreme Court ruled in 2010 in favor of homosexual marriage, a case now being forwarded to the U.S. Supreme Court, one dissenting justice warned that it would be logical to expect support for polygamy soon would follow."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/carney-fl..._orig=politics