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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Bernie Stood Up for Gay Rights in 1993
Feb 9, 2020
There is no place in this country for any form of discrimination against our LGBTQ+ family.
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Bernie Stood Up for Gay Rights in 1993 (Original Post)
Donkees
Feb 2020
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katmondoo
(6,457 posts)1. I'm sorry I did not hear him.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)2. Someone should tell Michael Moore, who bashed Pete Buttigieg in his post-debate interview....
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)3. TIME: How Bernie Sanders Evolved on Gay Marriage
Bernie has evolved on LGBT rights.
https://time.com/4089946/bernie-sanders-gay-marriage/
But his record on gay marriage is more complicated than he now makes it sound. While Sanders generally opposed measures to ban gay marriage, he did not speak out in favor of it until 2009. Thats still ahead of Clinton, who released a YouTube video announcing her support in 2013, as well as most other Democratic Senators, but not as early as hes now casting it. In addition, his reasoning for opposing efforts to restrict gay marriage was much narrower and legalistic than he now makes it seem.
When Sanders was asked on Sunday about his vote against the Defense of Marriage Act on CNN, he said that he believed back in 1996 that gay couples had the right to gay marriage. I thought then and I think now that people have the right to love those folks that they want to love and get married regardless of their sexual orientation, he said.
That wasnt the answer his staff gave in 1996, however. His wife and chief of staff Jane Sanders told an Associated Press reporter in July of 1996 that he opposed the law because it weakened the section of the Constitution that says states must respect laws that are made in other states.
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In 2006, when the Bush White House proposed an amendment to the Constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman, Sanders spoke out against the Republican plan, saying it was designed to divide the American people. But when Sanders was asked by a reporter whether Vermont should legalize same-sex marriage, he said no. Not right now, not after what we went through, he said.
When Sanders was asked on Sunday about his vote against the Defense of Marriage Act on CNN, he said that he believed back in 1996 that gay couples had the right to gay marriage. I thought then and I think now that people have the right to love those folks that they want to love and get married regardless of their sexual orientation, he said.
That wasnt the answer his staff gave in 1996, however. His wife and chief of staff Jane Sanders told an Associated Press reporter in July of 1996 that he opposed the law because it weakened the section of the Constitution that says states must respect laws that are made in other states.
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In 2006, when the Bush White House proposed an amendment to the Constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman, Sanders spoke out against the Republican plan, saying it was designed to divide the American people. But when Sanders was asked by a reporter whether Vermont should legalize same-sex marriage, he said no. Not right now, not after what we went through, he said.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,456 posts)4. Kicked and recommended
Thanks for the thread Donkees.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided