Yahoo! News - Edwards: Democratic ticket OK with Missouri marriage ban
Vice presidential candidate John Edwards, campaigning Thursday in Cape Girardeau, said he and running mate John Kerry have "no objection" to this week's vote in Missouri to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage.

In an interview Thursday, Edwards told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "We're both opposed to gay marriage and believe that states should be allowed to decide this question,"

On Tuesday, Missouri became the first state since the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts to vote on amending its constitution to prevent such unions. More than 70 percent of voters supported the amendment.

Adopting a states' rights approach, Kerry and Edwards have opposed the administration's efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution to stop gays from marrying. Yet by supporting only limited rights such as civil unions and not objecting to state amendments like the Missouri ban, the Democratic candidates have disappointed many gay rights activists.

Disappointed? I'm furious. If the Democrats won't stand up to bigotry then I have serious doubts about their ability to be innovative leaders for this country. Pandering to the ignorance of the masses is the thing that got us the current version of the Republican Party- and if the Dems won't do the right thing here, how am I to believe that they will do the right thing for all the people on other issues?