Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
on Wednesday told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer that he has “no problem”
with gay marriage.
When Blitzer asked, “You were
chairman of the Joint Chiefs when you installed the 'Don't Ask, Don't
Tell' policy in the U.S. military that prevented gays from serving
openly. I know you changed your attitudes over these years. But
what about gay marriage? Are you with the president in supporting
gay marriage?” Powell responded: “I have no problem with it.”
Powell added: “And it was the
Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It was certainly my
position and recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome
that could have occurred, if you recall. But as I've thought about
gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who are individually gay, but
are in partnerships with loved ones. And they are as stable a family
as my family is. And they raise children. And so I don't see any
reason not to say that they should be able to get married.” (The
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