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Thursday, February 05, 2004
Not answering the real
question. As the Boston Phoenix's Adam Reilly
reports,
Senator John Kerry's statement on the Supreme Judicial Court's most
recent same-sex-marriage decision is consistent with his previous
stand: yes on civil unions, no on marriage.
But Kerry avoids the real issue:
whether he supports an amendment to the state constitution that would
essentially overturn the SJC's Goodridge decision by defining
marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Of course Kerry wants
to take a pass on this. But can he? Should he?
This isn't so much about the fact
that he's a presidential candidate as it is that he's one of the
state's two elected senators. This is a landmark moment, and before
the legislature convenes next Wednesday (assuming it doesn't get
postponed), the public should demand that Kerry, Senator Ted Kennedy,
and the state's 10 House members state their positions on the
amendment.
The fact that they don't have to is
all the more reason that they should do so anyway. This is the most
crucial civil-rights battle of our time. Are we going to let Kerry -
or any of them - take a pass?
New in this week's
Phoenix. John Kerry's string of victories is becoming
old
news. Now he must define
himself before the Republicans - and the media - do it for
him.
Also, Fox News asks: are the media
giving Kerry a free
ride?
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
