Traditional Anglicanism in America
Greg Griffith
Bill Clinton and the “Practical Implications” of the Defense of Marriage Act
Bill Clinton sat down with some budding young reporters from "MTVU," which I assume is some college-themed venture from MTV, and one of the young ladies attempted to press him about the issue of gay marriage. I thought Clinton's response was interesting enough to blog here:
My read is that neither Bill nor Hillary particularly care much about gay marriage - not strongly against it, not strongly for it - but that, Rowan-like, they sought a compromise that wasn't an attempt at settling the issue so much as it was a pitting of one faction against another, such that it got the issue out of their hair. Rowan accomplished this by pitting primates, provinces and dioceses against each other; Clinton accomplished it by forcing governors and states to decide whether they wanted to enact legislation of their own.
My hope in this post is that we not devolve into bickering about red/blue politics, but that we discuss the implications of the DMA in light of the question Clinton asks the young lady toward the end of this clip.
Posted March 26, 2008 at 7:06 am
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