8.6.04
Reagan, faux réac?
Selon le libertarien Cato Institute, Ronald Reagan était attaché aux valeurs conservatrices religion - famille - travail etc., mais c'était aussi un libéral (au sens français, pas américain, du terme) qui a rarement cherché à imposer ses conceptions morales par l'action étatique. En 1978 il s'est exprimé contre une initiative anti-gay soumise au vote en Californie; Nancy et lui ont été les premiers occupants de la Maison Blanche à héberger un couple de même sexe pour la nuit:
"Reagan was regarded as a social conservative, and he often spoke of 'our values of faith, family, work, and neighborhood'. But he rarely sought to use government to impose those values. In 1978 he spoke out against an antigay initiative in California. Robert Kaiser of the Washington Post, noting that the Reagans were the first White House occupants to have hosted a gay couple overnight, dubbed him in 1984 a 'closet tolerant'."
"Reagan was regarded as a social conservative, and he often spoke of 'our values of faith, family, work, and neighborhood'. But he rarely sought to use government to impose those values. In 1978 he spoke out against an antigay initiative in California. Robert Kaiser of the Washington Post, noting that the Reagans were the first White House occupants to have hosted a gay couple overnight, dubbed him in 1984 a 'closet tolerant'."
