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Robbins

(5,066 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:29 AM Jun 2015

with great news today

let's remember it was Bernie who back in 1999 voted against the DOMA act which bill clinton signed into law.

In early 2000's hillary said on floor of senate marriage is between one man and one woman.and reportedly Bill Clinton advised John
Kerry to come out in favor of ballet initiatives to ban gay marriage.

That was same year here in missouri i was one of 25% of voters who voted against banning gay marriage.

Some people want to look down at new england but victories started there for equality for gays when MA was first state to legalize gay marriage and vermont was one of first states to approve civil unions.

With Bernie you have someone who will fight for things not always viewed as popular thing to do.

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with great news today (Original Post) Robbins Jun 2015 OP
I thought about today. How much courage, politically, it took at that time to go against sabrina 1 Jun 2015 #1
+1 Enthusiast Jun 2015 #3
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #2
He didn't need a focus group, Le Taz Hot Jun 2015 #4

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
1. I thought about today. How much courage, politically, it took at that time to go against
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:55 PM
Jun 2015

the majority. But he did it because it was the right thing to do.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
4. He didn't need a focus group,
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:32 PM
Jun 2015

he didn't need polls, he didn't need crafters to explain why he was for it before he was against it before he was for it. Bernie is just Bernie, time and again on the right side of history.

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