Elizabeth Edwards for President!

Speaking at the kickoff event for San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade, Elizabeth Edwards voiced her support for same-sex marriage. A position that places her in opposition to her husband, presidential candidate John Edwards.

SFGate.com reports:

"I don't know why somebody else's marriage has anything to do with me," she said. "I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage."

Edwards was keynote speaker at a standing-room-only breakfast hosted by the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club. The group is "a key organization in the powerful gay political base in San Francisco. "

The appearance by the candidate's wife -- witnessed by many local politicians, including Mayor Gavin Newsom, District Attorney Kamala Harris and City Attorney Dennis Herrera -- was hailed as a milestone in the 30-year history of the Gay Pride event, which had never been visited by a major presidential candidate or spouse [...]

Edwards' embrace of same-sex marriage puts her in a position that differs markedly from her husband, the former North Carolina senator. Edwards said her husband, though having a "deeply held belief against any form of discrimination," supports gay civil unions, but does not support gay marriage.

"John has been pretty clear about it, that he is very conflicted," she said. "That's up against his being raised in the 1950s in a rural southern town. I think honestly he's on a road that a lot of people in this country are on. ... They're struggling with this. Most of the gay and lesbian people I know ... have seen their friends and family walking down that same road.

"It's frustrating, I know," she added, "but it's a long distance from where we are now to the pews of a Southern Baptist church. So, John's been as honest as he can about that."

One can only hope that should John Edwards become the Democratic party nominee that he will listen to his wife.

Oh, and
HAPPY PRIDE!!