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8/31/2004 01:33:00 AMBush amended his platform to make it virulently anti-gay, whichproves he was lying when Bush claimed he just wanted to "protect"marriage. But more interesting, far right radicals admit it was alsodone as a slap in the face of the Vice President, who wanted topretend he respects his daughter when in fact his voting record inCongress was one of the most anti-gay possible."At a news conference yesterday, Tony Perkins, president of theFamily Research Council, a group of social conservatives, said thatthe push to strengthen the platform's opposition to same-sex civilunions was partly a response to Vice President Dick Cheney'sstatement last week that he personally favored leaving the issue upto the states."'We are obviously troubled by the vice president's comments lastweek, which in ways led to the strengthening of the language in theplatform,' Mr. Perkins said. "
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8/31/2004 01:33:00 AMBush amended his platform to make it virulently anti-gay, whichproves he was lying when Bush claimed he just wanted to "protect"marriage. But more interesting, far right radicals admit it was alsodone as a slap in the face of the Vice President, who wanted topretend he respects his daughter when in fact his voting record inCongress was one of the most anti-gay possible."At a news conference yesterday, Tony Perkins, president of theFamily Research Council, a group of social conservatives, said thatthe push to strengthen the platform's opposition to same-sex civilunions was partly a response to Vice President Dick Cheney'sstatement last week that he personally favored leaving the issue upto the states."'We are obviously troubled by the vice president's comments lastweek, which in ways led to the strengthening of the language in theplatform,' Mr. Perkins said. "
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