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"george w. bush, for example, has said he opposes allowing gay couples adopt children. i believe children ought to be adopted in families with a woman and a man who are married, the texas governor said months ago. but after he said that, governor bush told a gay legislator he doesn't mean that personally. texas state represent glen maxie, the state's only openly gay legislator, says that last april, bush talked to him during a visit to the house chamber. he says, glen, i value you as a person and i value you as a human being and i want you to know that what i said publicly about gay people doe...

The idea was that we were all supposed to be assured that even though the president was trying actively as a politician with his power as president to make gay people's lives harder in this country, to stop the advancement of gay rights and to roll it back, where he could, we're supposed to feel personally assured by the fact that personally he is all right with gay people. this is a constant in american anti-gay politics. even just in the career of george w. bush. this is from that -- i want to read -- this is from the lewiston idaho morning tribune, from august 1999, when george w. bush was ...

nobody was quite sure he was going to say, until he actually said them. there has been no ambiguity about whether or not this administration supports the advancement of gay rights as a matter of policy. but there has been uncertainty about whether the president would ever say what he said today. whether the president would ever say that he personally supports same-sex couples being allowed to get married. in kansas this month, there was a protest outside the state capital, after the republican dominated house there passed something they're calling the religious freedom act. the relig...

highly anticipated and that nobody was quite sure he was going to say, until he actually said them. there has been no ambiguity about whether or not this administration supports the advancement of gay rights as a matter of policy. but there has been uncertainty about whether the president would ever say what he said today. whether the president would ever say that he personally supports same-sex couples being allowed to get married. in kansas this month, there was a protest outside the state capital, after the republican dominated house there passed something they're calling the reli...

highly anticipated and that nobody was quite sure he was going to say, until he actually said them. there has been no ambiguity about whether or not this administration supports the advancement of gay rights as a matter of policy. but there has been uncertainty about whether the president would ever say what he said today. whether the president would ever say that he personally supports same-sex couples being allowed to get married. it would mean if your town had an ordinance that said you can't discriminate against gay people, your town could be sued by people who want to discrimina...