Media Trounce Marriage Defender Candidate in Wisconsin

A Christian candidate for lieutenant governor in Wisconsin explained the peril of perpetual legal redefinition of marriage, but after a barrage from the media, she apologized for seeming insensitive when stating the truth.

UPDATE 11/3/10: Rebecca Kleefisch elected lieutenant governor



-- From "Kleefisch apologizes for gay marriage comment" by The Associated Press 10/28/10

The Republican candidate for Wisconsin lieutenant governor is apologizing for suggesting that extending domestic partner benefits to gay state employees could lead to approving marriage to dogs or furniture.

In a January interview with a Christian radio station, Rebecca Kleefisch asked "at what point are we going to OK marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this table, or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs?"

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From "GOP candidate, Rebecca Kleefisch, in Wisconsin: Sorry for comparing gay marriage to marrying a dog" by Aliyah Shahid, New York Daily News Staff Writer 10/29/10

. . . Rebecca Kleefisch told WVCY, a local Christian station while discussing her opposition to domestic partner benefits for gay state employees . . . "This is a slippery slope in addition to that -- at what point are we going to OK marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this table, or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs? This is ridiculous."

After being slammed by gay rights organizations and bloggers who recently turned up the interview from earlier in the year, the 35-year-old apologized on Thursday.

"My comments were meant to relay my concern with redefining marriage," Kleefisch said in the statement, according to The Associated Press. "I never intended to sound insensitive, and have the utmost respect for all people. I apologize for my poor choice of words."

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