quotes:
"when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married."[emphasis added]
and,
FDR, for all his ego, would never have said that soldiers in World War II were fighting on his behalf. Neither would Truman, Ike, JFK, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or even Carter and Clinton (although Clinton might have thought it).
Comment:
May be a Freudian slip. What significance could be for him to have said that? As the link shows, it is very important to keep in mind that soldiers don't fight for the president. Everyone who takes office in this country, including anyone in the military, and all through the ranks of government on each level, must take an oath to support the constitution. So, a slip up like this is not to be taken lightly. Unfortunately, it just may go over the head of many, and others won't care even if they understand the concept. However, if a Republican president ever said that, they'd go nuts. Partisan politics is a way towards this corruption, so it isn't to be taken lightly, ever, even if by a member of your own party.
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