What was the point they were trying to make? How does that point compare with the point Cheney was trying to make when he mentioned his daughter's sexual preferences? And yes, I think that both Edwards and Kerry were awkward in handling the issue. Probably because personally they are still undergoing the transition from being raised to view homosexuality as an "abomination" but intellectually, they understand that they have no right to impose their personal feelings on that matter.
I have seen and met many types of bigots, very intelligent one as well (even a Nobel prize laureate I had some heated arguments with when he tried to present a theory of racial superiority). I find that bigotry is ingrained and a result of the specific upbringing a person "suffers" under. Some get over that handicap, and intellectually, understand the erring of this habit, and institute in their own home a strict regime that break that chain of bigotry. I think that Edwards and Kerry are simply working hard on it and thus the awkward type of response. Should I fault them because they are struggling to free themselves from the chains imposed on them by their specific faiths in that matter?
