John McCain will satisfy few people with his fuzzy stand on gay marriage, as articulated to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. “People should be able to enter into legal agreements, and I think that that is something that we should encourage, particularly in the case of insurance and other areas, decisions that have to be made. I just believe in the unique status of marriage between man and woman. And I know that we have a respectful disagreement on that issue,†he told DeGeneres, who plans to marry partner Portia de Rossi in light of the California Supreme Court’s recent decision.
DeGeneres responded by likening gay rights to civil rights and voting rights. “It just feels like there is this old way of thinking that we are not all the same. We are all the same people, all of us. You’re no different than I am. Our love is the same. . . . When someone says, ‘You can have a contract, and you’ll still have insurance, and you’ll get all that,’ it sounds to me like saying, ‘Well, you can sit there; you just can’t sit there.’ That’s what it sounds like to me. It feels like — it doesn’feel inclusive.â€
You can watch the video on the show’s Web site.
