Same-sex marriage is 'way we should move,' he says
(NEWSER) - Colin Powell has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. "I have no problem with it," he told CNN . "In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me that is the way we should be moving in this country. And so I support the president's decision." Powell—who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when Don't Ask, Don't Tell was implemented—described that policy as the best compromise possible at the time. More»
