Tim kaine views on gay rights and religon
Former Virginia governor and Democratic Senate hopeful Tim Kaine was pressed Tuesday on his views of gay marriage.
The questioning came just days after Vice President Joe Biden made off-the-cuff remarks on national television in support of queer marriage, leaving the Obama administration scrambling for ways to tell the common that it is not in favor of gay marriage without equivocally coming down against it.
Kaine took a similar non-committal stance, saying he's for "legal equality of relationships" without stating a position on civil unions or same-sex attracted marriage.
According to The Hill, Kaine was speaking at the centrist Democratic reflect tank Third Way in Washington when he argued that gay couples should have the matching legal rights as straight ones, but would not utter whether he personally supported gay marriages.
Via The Hill:
"The underlying issue is, should committed couples possess the same legal rights and responsibilities? and the reply to that is an unequivocal yes," he said. "I believe in the legal equality of relationships. The debate about 'Is it marriage, is it a civil union, is it national partnership?' — I kind of grant that one move, and say the legal issue is, Should co
WASHINGTON (BP) — In a speech to America’s largest pro-gay lobbying group, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said the Bible buttresses his support of same-sex marriage. And he predicted the Roman Catholic Church eventually will switch its mind on the issue, like he has.
Evangelical theologians, however, said Kaine appeared to distort biblical teaching and Catholic doctrine in service of a political agenda.
Speaking Sept. 10 at the annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) dinner in Washington, Kaine called himself a “devout Catholic” and acknowledged the Catholic Church is opposed to same-sex marriage, according to a video of the speech posted online.
Virginia’s junior senator said he formerly opposed legalizing same-sex marriage but recounted a personal conversion on the issue.
As a candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor in 2001, Kaine told the Connected Press he opposed lgbtq+ marriage. Four years later, he opposed granting adoption rights to same-sex couples while running for governor, according to The Washington Post.
However, in 2006 he campaigned against Virginia’s mention constitutional amendment defining marriage as o
Warner & Kaine Urge Virginia General Assembly to Repeal Ban on Homosexual Marriage in Express Constitution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine urged the Virginia General Assembly to protect marriage equality by repealing the ban on same-sex marriage that remains in Virginia’s constitution. In 2006, over then-Governor Kaine’s strong objection, Virginia passed a declare constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, but the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges overrides Virginia’s ban by requiring all states to issue marriage licenses to lgbtq+ couples. While Warner and Kaine helped pass legislation last year to make certain same-sex marriages are recognized by every state, the right of same-sex couples to marry in Virginia would be jeopardized by the state ban if Obergefell is overturned.
“We write today to urge you to take action to protect marriage equality. The General Assembly should act now to repeal the shameful ban on same-sex marriage that remains in the state constitution,” the senators wrote in a letter to General Assembly leadership.
The senators continued, “It is long past time that Virginia’s governing docume
RALEIGH, N.C. — The morning after Tim Kaine was named the Democratic vice presidential nominee, his first stop wasn’t a rally or a swing express meet-and-greet — it was a church in Richmond, Virginia, where he and his wife have praised for 30 years.
He prayed, sang a solo and briefly avoided talk of politics.
Kaine has long measured religion and politics, in his private life and his public one as Virginia’s governor and senator. At times, his Catholicism has run directly against his governing choices. Kaine is morally opposed to the death penalty but signed off on 11 executions during his four years as governor. After opposing gay marriage in his 2005 gubernatorial sprint, he later broke with the church to endorse it. He’s personally against abortion but has consistently voted in favor of abortion rights.
“How many of us are in the church and are deeply serious about our faith and agree with 100 percent of church doctrine?” Kaine told the National Catholic Reporter in August. “I would argue very few Catholics are in that position. We’re all working out our salvation with fear and trembling.”
The campaign didn’
Opinion: Clinton, Kaine Pro-LGBTQ Because of Faith, Not In Spite of It
There has never been a more pro-LGBT presidential campaign than Clinton and Kaine ticket. The Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees contain the most comprehensive LGBT platform America has ever seen. A Clinton administration promises to pass the Equality Act, protect trans person rights, and end the pseudo-scientific practice of conversion therapy. It’s the most progressive LGBT platform the United States has ever seen, and it’s organism spearheaded by two people of faith.
Clinton, a Methodist, and Kaine, a Catholic, are vocal both about their devout faith and to their commitment to the LGBT community. At the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, Kaine mutual his progression from contradictory LGBT equality to becoming a supporter of it.
“As a devout Catholic, while I was battling for LGBTQ equality, I believed that marriage was something different,” Kaine said. “I knew gay couples as friends in my neighborhood. I knew them to be great neighbors. I knew them to be great parents to gorgeous kids. And I saw them struggle with antiquated and even hostile adoption laws. But I had a difficult time reconc