Reply #6: The case of me having too complicated (and ungrammatical) a sentence

[karynnj]

I was saying that like you I wish that he had a comment that supports marriage equality unequivocally with no caveats. The Cambridge Paul statement was as close as I've heard, but it is not a simple "I support gay marriage" - though he starts out by saying "I do support marriage equality". The Cambridge Paul comment did go beyond "I won't mess with MA law" - something he was even asked about.

Now, I could take 2 excepts from the Cambridge Paul Q&A- The response, "absolutely" to "So you do support civil marriage rights for same-sex couples?" and "I do support marriage equality". Schumer's comment is no stronger and we don't know what if anything else he said. There was possibly something because his comment that NY should lead is strange as MA,CT, NJ, RI, ME, NH, and VT are far ahead on this.

At some point, I think that, actions are more important than words. What is clear in the comments from the MA guy in the BG article is that Kerry treated him in a way that completely accepted his marriage. He may reach a point where he is comfortable saying that marriage is the union of two people, but when he does say it we will know that he believes it 100%. That is not something I would say of all politicians.

As to Schumer, NY has not had either a civil union or gay marriage bill that came close to being enacted. Schumer is the most powerful (or at least one of the most powerful) Democrats in the state. He has NEVER pushed for a Civil Unions bill, much less a gay marriage bill. Even here, nothing is said about him publicly endorsing the idea.