She was, let's say, equivocal about this. She's from a traditional background, yet she lives in a very public unmarried union which has produced four children. At the same time, she was fairly conservative in her positions on GBLT questions (in favour of civil unions as they are practised in France, called PACS, but against same-sex marriage). It was pointed out to her that this didn't line up, and (no doubt with her advisors) she decided to change tack, and came out with new language, that you quote.