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AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
Sat May 2, 2015, 01:45 PM May 2015

Putting the "Bernie only focuses on class' meme to rest

Some of Bernie's detractors are claiming he ignores social issues. His record on civil rights, AKA social issues, is vast and unassailable.

It's time to put this nonsense to rest.

http://www.ontheissues.org/domestic/Bernie_Sanders_Civil_Rights.htm

Voted YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.
Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.
Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent
Voted NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Voted NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance
Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration.
Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.
Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions.
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender.
Rated 93% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record.
Rated 100% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance.
Rated 97% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance.
Recognize Juneteenth as historical end of slavery.
ENDA: prohibit employment discrimination for gays.
Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools.
Endorsed as "preferred" by The Feminist Majority indicating pro-women's rights.
Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender.
Enforce against anti-gay discrimination in public schools.
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment.

Here are his ratings on a vast array of issues: http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Bernie_Sanders_SenateMatch.htm

His record is impeccable and unassailable. Can we please move beyond this nonsense now?
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Putting the "Bernie only focuses on class' meme to rest (Original Post) AgingAmerican May 2015 OP
K&R peacebird May 2015 #1
K&R for simple fact, truth, and clarity. nt Zorra May 2015 #2
K&R Go Vols May 2015 #3
Bernie - All the good, none of the bad! smokey nj May 2015 #4
Kicking AgingAmerican May 2015 #5
...and often AgingAmerican May 2015 #6
K and effin' ARRRRR. hifiguy May 2015 #7
They say he ignores 'social issues' AgingAmerican May 2015 #8
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
7. K and effin' ARRRRR.
Sat May 2, 2015, 03:37 PM
May 2015

Anyone who criticizes Bernie's record on social OR economic justice issues is simply in denial or deluding themself.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
8. They say he ignores 'social issues'
Sun May 3, 2015, 12:56 PM
May 2015

But fail to acknowledge that he is strong on civil rights, which is what social issues are.

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