Bernie Sanrs: Gay Marriage Rerd Not as Simple As He Says | Time

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• HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE
• 8 WAYS BERNIE SANRS HAS STOOD UP FOR LGBTQ EQUALYARE GAYS FEELG THE BERN?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY JOEY PARKERFEBARY 25, 2016/5:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}JT SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGSTOCKTON, CA - MAY 10: DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE SANRS (D-VT) SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN RALLY ON MAY 10, 2016 STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. SANRS IS MPAIGNG CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE STATE'S JUNE 7TH PRINTIAL PRIMARY. (PHOTO BY JT SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAG)BY JOEY PARKERFEBARY 25, 2016 / 5:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"8 WAYS BERNIE SANRS HAS STOOD UP FOR LGBTQ EQUALY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-25T22:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-25T22:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOEY PARKER","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, PRI, TRANSGENR","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S WELL TO ELECTN SEASON, AND WE'RE ALL LOOKG AT THE NDIDAT FOR HOW THEY WILL ADDRS LGBTQ ISSU. COUNTER TO THE GOP ONTNNERS, BOTH DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT ARE STNCH ALLI. WE ENUMERATED HILLARY CLTON'S RERD OF LGBTQ SUPPORT, AND NOW S TIME TO FEEL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE SPOTLIGHT EIGHT TIM BERNIE SANRS STOOD UP FOR LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SUPPORTED EQUALY BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE BORN.LRA PATTERSON/CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAGREP. BERNIE SANRS, IND-VT., ON OCT. 29, 1990. (PHOTO BY LRA PATTERSON/CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SANRS WAS NNG FOR ERNOR OF VERMONT THE EARLY 70S, HE PENNED AN OPEN LETTER THAT POED THE THEN-RADIL IA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE NTROL OF THEIR BODI, THEIR MDS AND THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LET ABOLISH ALL LAWS THAT ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE A PARTICULAR BRAND OF MORALY OR "RIGHT" ON PEOPLE. LET'S ABOLISH ALL LAWS ALG WH ABORTN, DGS, SEXUAL BEHAVR (ADULTERY, HOMOSEXUALY, ETC.)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ENDORSED A PRI PARA BEFORE MOST PEOPLE KNEW WHAT ONE WAS.DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGEAST LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 23: AN LGBT RIGHTS SUPPORTER RRI A SIGN AT A MPAIGN RALLY FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE SEN. BERNIE SANRS AT LLN PARK ON MAY 23, 2016 EAST LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. SANRS IS MPAIGNG AHEAD OF THE JUNE 7 CALIFORNIA PRIMARY. (PHOTO BY DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FUTURE SENATOR OM VERMONT SUPPORTED A PRI PARA BURLGTON BACK 1983, WAY BEFORE MOST POLICIANS EVEN SPOKE ABOUT LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE CY OF BURLGTON AND THE STATE OF VERMONT, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR LIFTYL," HE STATED. "IT'S AN AMERIN RIGHT, ANYONE'S RIGHT TO HAVE A MARCH... THIS IS A CIVIL LIBERTI QUTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE KNOWS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.CAIAIMAGE/HIMALAYAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME POLICIANS HAVE FLIP-FLOPPED, BUT SANRS HAS BEEN STEADFAST HIS SUPPORT: AS MAYOR OF BURLGTON THE 1980S, HE IMPLEMENTED AN ORDANCE THAT BANNED ANTI-GAY HOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT IS MY VERY STRONG VIEW THAT A SOCIETY WHICH PROCLAIMS HUMAN EEDOM AS S GOAL, AS THE UNED STAT DO, MT WORK UNCEASGLY TO END DISCRIMATN AGAST ALL PEOPLE," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS PAST YEAR, BURLGTON, WE HAVE MA SOME IMPORTANT PROGRS BY ADOPTG AN ORDANCE WHICH PROHIBS DISCRIMATN HOG. THIS LAW WILL GIVE LEGAL PROTECTN NOT ONLY TO WELFARE RECIPIENTS, AND FAI WH CHILDREN, THE ELRLY AND THE HANDIPPED — BUT TO THE GAY MUNY AS WELL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SUPPORTS THE EQUALY ACT.ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: FLANKED BY NGRSNAL MEMBERS, U.S. SEN. SENATOR JEFEY MERKLEY (D-OR) (C) SPEAKS DURG A NEWS NFERENCE ON LGBT DISCRIMATN JULY 23, 2015 ON CAPOL HILL WASHGTON, DC. THE NEWS NFERENCE WAS TO TRODUCE THE EQUALY ACT OF 2015. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N STILL BE FIRED SIMPLY FOR BEG GAY OR TRANS 27 STAT, BUT BERNIE IS A -SPONSOR OF THE EQUALY ACT, WHICH WOULD AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 TO BAN DISCRIMATN BASED ON GENR INTY OR SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND IF ELECTED PRINT, HE SAYS HE'D HAPPILY SIGN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE’VE GOT TO END LGBTQ DISCRIMATN THE WORKPLACE. VERMONT DID THIS 22 YEARS AGO WHEN PASSED ONE OF THE FIRST STATE LAWS THE UNTRY PROTECTG LBIAN AND GAY WORKERS. CONGRS SHOULD HAVE ACTED LONG AGO, BUT REPUBLINS HAVE BLOCKED ACTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ASKED AND HE TOLD.CAMROCKER/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANRS OPPOSED PRINT CLTON'S DON'T ASK DON'T TELL POLICY, WHICH PUT GAY SERVICE MEMBERS A KD OF LIMBO. IN A 1995 BATE, HE LLED OUT AN OPPONENT FOR SAYG HE DIDN'T WANT "HOMOS THE ARY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WAS THE GENTLEMAN REFERRG TO THE MANY THOANDS AND THOANDS OF GAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT THEIR LIV ON THE LE FOR UNTLS WARS FENDG THIS UNTRY? IS THAT THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THE GENTLEMAN WAS REFERRG TO?" HE ASKED. "YOU HAVE SULTED THOANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PUT THEIR LIV ON THE LE!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE VOTED AGAST THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.STT J. FERRELL/CONGRSNAL QUARTERLY/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - APRIL 10: BERBARD SANRS, I-VT., DURG NSIRATN OF MTEE PROCR TO BE FOLLOWED VTIGATNS TO ALLEGATNS OF MPAIGN FANCE IRREGULARI, CLUDG HANDLG DOCUMENTS. (PHOTO BY STT J. FERRELL/CONGRSNAL QUARTERLY/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE SOME DEMOCRATS, SANRS DIDN'T HAVE TO "EVOLVE" ON THE EEDOM TO MARRY: HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW NGRSMAN TO OPPOSE DOMA BACK 1996. "THAT WAS A TOUGH VOTE," HE ADMTED. "NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE VOTED AGAST , BUT I DID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, HE LLED ON BARACK OBAMA TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY—SOMETHG THE PRINT DID THE VERY NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADVOT FOR THE TRANSGENR MUNY.DüNZL\ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG(GERMANY OUT) BERNIE SANRS HOLDG A SPEECH AT A RALLY SAN DIEGO. (PHOTO BY DüNZLULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN MANY STAT, IS LEGAL TO NY SOMEONE HOG FOR BEG TRANSGENR," SANRS STATED. "THAT IS WRONG AND MT END."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN, SENATOR SANRS SUPPORTS REQUIRG POLICE PARTMENTS NATNWI TO ADOPT POLICI ENSURG FAIRER TERACTNS WH TRANSGENR PEOPLE, PECIALLY TRANSGENR WOMEN OF LOR, WHO ARE OFTEN WRONGLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WANTS TO PROTECT SAME-SEX FAI.DüNZL\ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1993, SANRS VOTED AGAST AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BAN SAME-SEX UPL WASHGTON, DC, OM ADOPTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, HE'S BACKED THE EVERY CHILD DERV A FAY ACT (ECDFA), WHICH PROHIBS CHILD-WELFARE AGENCI RECEIVG FERAL AID OM DISCRIMATG AGAST ANY POTENTIAL FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE FAY ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN, GENR INTY, OR MARAL STAT. IN ADDN, ECDFA PREVENTS DISCRIMATN AGAST ANY FOSTER YOUTH BEE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• AS GAY RIGHTS ALLY, BERNIE SANRS WASN’T ALWAYS VANGUARD
• BERNIE SANRS’S REAL BEEF WH THE LGBT ‘ESTABLISHMENT’SHOW ME A HEROHILLARY CLTON AND BERNIE SANRS ARE LOCKED A HEATED ARGUMENT ABOUT WHO’S BEEN BETTER ON GAY RIGHTS—BUT NEHER HAS BEEN AS FORWARD-THKG AS THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE.NI LANGUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 5:55PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEASTEARLIER THIS WEEK, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN MA A PARTICULARLY ON-BRAND PRINTIAL ENDORSEMENT, THROWG THEIR SUPPORT BEHD ANOTHER HRC: THE NDIDATE FORMERLY KNOWN AS HILLARY RODHAM CLTON.“ALL THE PROGRS WE HAVE MA AS A NATN ON LGBT EQUALY—AND ALL THE PROGRS WE HAVE YET TO MAKE—IS AT STAKE NOVEMBER,” HRC PRINT CHAD GRIFF SAID A STATEMENT. “WHILE THEY FIGHT TO TAKE BACKWARDS, HILLARY CLTON IS FIGHTG TO ADVANCE LGBT EQUALY ACROSS OUR NATN AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE ARE PROUD TO ENDORSE HILLARY CLTON FOR PRINT, AND BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE CHAMPN WE N UNT ON NOVEMBER—AND EVERY DAY SHE OCCUPI THE OVAL OFFICE.”ACRDG TO NATNAL POLL NUMBER AVERAG OM REAL CLEAR POLICS, THE ENDORSEMENT WAS A SAFE BET. ALTHOUGH SHE APPEARS TO BE LOSG MOMENTUM, CLTON IS STILL BEATG HER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS—LEADG HER CLOST RIVAL, SEN. BERNIE SANRS, BY 13 POTS. SHE REMAS THE ONTNNER, BUOYED BY HER STAT AS THE MASTREAM ALTERNATIVE TO SANRS’S FAR-LEFT VIEWS.AND A STATEMENT, SANRS ARGUED THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ENDORSEMENT, WHILE A TRATG CHOICE GIVEN HIS RERD ON LGBT RIGHTS, IS AN DITOR OF HER STAT AS THE “TABLISHMENT” PICK. “WHAT WE ARE DOG THIS MPAIGN, JT BLOWS MY MD EVERY DAY BEE I SEE CLEARLY, WE’RE TAKG ON NOT ONLY WALL STREET AND ENOMIC TABLISHMENT, WE’RE TAKG ON THE POLIL TABLISHMENT,” SANRS SAID. “SOME OF THE GROUPS ARE, FACT, A PART OF THE TABLISHMENT.” THE STATEMENT MAY HAVE PROVEN NTROVERSIAL ON THE INTER, BUT BERNIE SANRS IS BOTH ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND PLETELY MISSG THE POT. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN HAS LONG BEEN CRICIZED BY QUEER ACTIVISTS AS THE EMBODIMENT OF “BIG GAY” POLICS, MARGALIZG THE TERTS OF TRANS FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF LOR FAVOR OF ISSU THAT FAVOR RICH, WHE GAY MEN. BUT DISTANCG HIMSELF OM THE POLICS OF MRS. CLTON AND THE “TABLISHMENT” THAT SUPPORTS HER, HE FAILS TO REGNIZE THAT HIS OWN HISTORY ON THE ISSU IS HARDLY RADIL.WHILE THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PHED THE ISSU OF MARRIAGE EQUALY AND GAYS SERVG OPENLY THE ARY THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND 2000S, THE ANIZATN PERSISTENTLY FOUGHT THE CLN OF TRANS PEOPLE EQUAL-RIGHTS LEGISLATN. THE HRC FAMOLY OPPOSED GENR INTY PROTECTNS THE EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMATN ACT. FIRST TRODUCED TO CONGRS BY SEN. GERRY STUDDS (D-MA) BACK 1994, THE BILL SOUGHT TO PROHIB INTY-BASED WORKPLACE DISCRIMATN—MEANG THAT EMPLOYERS WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO FIRE SOMEONE (OR PREVENT THEM OM BEG HIRED) ON THE BASIS OF THEIR LGBT STAT.BUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S THEN-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ELIZABETH BIRCH, OPPOSED OFFERG THOSE PROTECTNS TO TRANSGENR WORKERS, STATG WOULD HAPPEN “OVER HER AD BODY.” AS TRANSGRT’S MONI ROBERTS EXPLAS, BIRCH’S OPPOSN WAS BASED ON AN OLD TACTIC OF GAY-RIGHTS LEARS: BY THROWG TRANS PEOPLE UNR THE B, THEY HOPED TO MAKE BILLS LIKE ENDA MORE PALATABLE TO THE MASTREAM— CUTTG OUT SUCH “EXTREME LANGUAGE.” THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT’S JIM FOURATT ED THE SAME EXACT ARGUMENT TO OPPOSE TRANS CLN A 1971 ANTI-DISCRIMATN MEASURE.WHILE CHAD GRIFF, THE CURRENT PRINT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, HAS PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED TO THE MUNY FOR THE ANIZATN’S HISTORILLY BAD RERD ON TRANS RIGHTS, THE HRC HAS STILL STGGLED TO OVERE S OWN LEGACY OF DISCRIMATN. DURG A 2012 RALLY SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, THE GROUP ASKED ATTEN NOT TO DISPLAY A FLAG REPRENTG THE TRANS MUNY. ACRDG TO MIC’S MARIBEL HERMOSILLO, HRC WORKERS TOLD THEM THAT “MARRIAGE EQUALY ISN’T A TRANS ISSUE.”IN ADDN TO SILG TRANS VOIC FAVOR OF APPEALG TO THE MASTREAM, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S WORKPLACE EQUALY INX HAS LONG SUPPORTED PANI THAT WORK AGAST QUEER TERTS. 2015 MARKED THE 12TH YEAR A ROW THAT THE HRC AWARD GOLDMAN SACHS—THE WALL STREET FIRM WHOSE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE PRACTIC WERE STMENTAL CRASHG THE AMERIN ENOMY 2008—WH A PERFECT RATG. AS QUEER PEOPLE (PECIALLY TRANS FOLKS) ARE DISPROPORTNATELY LIKELY TO LIVE UNR THE POVERTY LE, THE MARGALIZED GROUPS ARE UNIQUELY AFFECTED BY ENOMIC CRIS.ASI OM SIAR ACRONYMS, HILLARY CLTON HAS MUCH MON WH THE HRC. KNOWN AS “MRS. WALL STREET,” SHE’S VIEWED BY SIRS AS THE NDIDATE MOST FAVORABLE TO RPORATE TERTS. THIS STANDS STARK NTRAST TO SANRS, WHO HAS DITED HIS REER TO TAKG ON THE EXCS OF UNREGULATED PALISM. “LET WAGE A MORAL AND POLIL WAR AGAST THE BILLNAIR AND RPORATE LEARS, ON WALL STREET AND ELSEWHERE, WHOSE POLICI AND GREED ARE STROYG THE MIDDLE CLASS OF AMERI,” SANRS URGED A 2012 SAY FOR THE HUFFGTON POST.IF THOSE LEANGS PUT CLTON AT ODDS WH THE ENOMIC TERTS OF MANY LGBT PEOPLE, HER QUEER ADVOCY HAS ALSO BEEN THE PRODUCT OF TABLISHMENT THKG. DURG THE 1990S, HILLARY CLTON SUPPORTED BOTH DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL AND THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, A PAIR OF BILLS THAT, RPECTIVELY, BARRED GAYS OM ARY SERVICE AND RTRICTED THE LEGAL FN OF “MARRIAGE” TO THE UNN BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. BOTH POLICI—WHICH WERE WILDLY POPULAR AT THE TIME—WERE STUTED DURG HER HBAND’S TENURE AS PRINT.DURG HER SUCCSFUL NEW YORK SENATE N 2000, CLTON NTUED TO BACK DOMA—ALTHOUGH SHE WOULD DISTANCE HERSELF OM THE BILL DURG HER 2008 MPAIGN FOR THE WHE HOE. THIS WAS A TIME WHEN MOST AMERINS STILL OPPOSED FULL LEGAL REGNN FOR SAME-SEX UPL, BUT AS PUBLIC OPN SHIFTED, SO DID HILLARY CLTON’S OPNS ON THE SUBJECT. MAY 2012 MARKED THE FIRST TIME HISTORY A MAJORY OF U.S. CIZENS (AT 50 PERCENT) SUPPORTED MARRIAGE EQUALY, AND JT 10 MONTHS LATER, CLTON WOULD ANNOUNCE SHE, TOO, HAD “EVOLVED” ON THE ISSUE. SHE FALLY ME OUT SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALY 2013.IN NTRAST WH CLTON’S “WA AND SEE” APPROACH, SANRS HAS TOUTED HIMSELF AS AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON QUEER EQUALY. LAST MAY, SANRS EXPLAED TO THE NEW YORK TIM THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE TO “E AROUND” TO THE ISSUE. “I’M NOT EVOLVG WHEN TO GAY RIGHTS,” HE SAID. “I WAS THERE!” LEANG ON HIS TRACK RERD IS A FAIAR ARGUMENT FOR THE VERMONT SENATOR, WHO ALSO TOUTS HIS HISTORY ON CIVIL RIGHTS AS PROOF THAT HE STANDS WH THE GOALS OF THE #BLACKLIVMATTER MPAIGN.BUT WHETHER HE LIK OR NOT, HE’S BEEN JT AS MUCH A PARTICIPANT “TABLISHMENT” POLICS AS THE GROUPS THAT HE’S CRICIZG. SANRS VOICED SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS AN EARLY-1970S OPEN LETTER AND OPPOSED DOMA, AND WHILE HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME ON BOTH UNTS, NEHER OF THE STANC SHOWED AN EXPLIC NCERN FOR LGBT PEOPLE. INSTEAD, HIS APPEALS WERE BASED ON ERNMENT OVERREACH AND NSTUTNAL GROUNDS.“[T]HERE ARE ENTIRELY TOO MANY LAWS THAT REGULATE HUMAN BEHAVR,” HE WROTE THE LETTER. “LET ABOLISH ALL LAWS WHICH ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE A PARTICULAR BRAND OF MORALY OR ‘RIGHT’ ON PEOPLE.”IN RPONSE TO SANRS’S “NO” VOTE AGAST THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, HIS WIFE, JANE SANRS, SPECIFIED THAT WAS NOT AN INTY-BASED CISN. INSTEAD, HER HBAND FELT THAT NSTUTED A VLATN OF THE LEGAL JURISDICTN GRANTED TO DIVIDUAL STAT TO CI MARRIAGE LAWS. “WE’RE NOT LEGISLATG VALU,” MRS. SANRS ARGUED. “WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTUTN.”ACRDG TO THE HUFFGTON POST, “[BERNIE SANRS’] SPOKMAN MICHAEL BRIGGS MA THE SE… THAT SANRS HAS BEEN WAY AHEAD OF CLTON—AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE— ADVOTG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.” BUT THAT’S SIMPLY NOT TE.IN AN SAY FOR SLATE, MARK JOSEPH STERN WR, “AS MAYOR OF BURLGTON 1990, SANRS TOLD AN TERVIEWER THAT LGBT RIGHTS WERE NOT A ‘MAJOR PRRY’ FOR HIM.” HE OPPOSED MARRIAGE EQUALY THROUGHOUT THE 2000S, LLG A “DIVISIVE” ISSUE AND MATAG HIS SUPPORT FOR CIVIL UNNS, BEFORE EVENTUALLY G AROUND 2009.AND ALTHOUGH VERMONT WOULD BEE THE FIRST STATE TO PASS CIVIL UNNS 2000, HIS SUPPORT FOR THAT GROUNDBREAKG MEASURE WASN’T ABOUT MAKG HISTORY FOR SAME-SEX UPL BUT BASED THE EXACT SAME MDSET: PROTECTG STAT’ RIGHTS. SANRS FALLY “EVOLVED” ON MARRIAGE FOUR YEARS BEFORE HILLARY CLTON—THE LENGTH OF AN ENTIRE PRINTIAL TERM—BUT ’S HARDLY THE LIGHT-YEARS-AHEAD-OF-S-TIME STANCE HIS MPAIGN IS TOUTG.WHETHER OR NOT HE LIK TO ADM , THAT MEANS THE PROGRSIVE SENATOR HAS MORE MON WH CLTON AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN THAN HE’D LIKE TO BELIEVE. AND WHEN LGBT VOTERS GO TO HELP CHOOSE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMEE, THEY’LL ULTIMATELY BE FACED WH A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO IMPERFECT CHAMPNS FOR EQUALY. NI LANG
• BERNIE SANRS WAS S AHEAD OF THE UNTRY ON GAY RIGHTS AND ENDG THE WAR ON DGS

HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE

At a marquee event on Saturday one hundred days before the Iowa uc, Bernie Sanrs went after Hillary Clton’s rerd on gay rights. Wh Clton wag nearby, Sanrs blamed her for supportg the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which barred feral regnn of gay marriage, argug that she is now misleadg the public about her past views when she says that she only supported the law to prevent a nstutnal amendment. “Today, some are tryg to rewre history by sayg they voted for one anti-gay law to stop somethg worse, ” Sanrs told a group of top Democratic anizers, whout sayg Clton’s name.

There was a small mory opposed to discrimatg agast our gay brothers and sisters, and I am proud that I was one of those members! In 1983, as mayor of Burlgton, he signed a Gay Pri Day proclamatn llg a civil rights issue. While Sanrs generally opposed measur to ban gay marriage, he did not speak out favor of until 2009.

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SANRS IS MPAIGNG CALIFORNIA AHEAD OF THE STATE'S JUNE 7TH PRINTIAL PRIMARY. (PHOTO BY JT SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAG)BY JOEY PARKERFEBARY 25, 2016 / 5:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"8 WAYS BERNIE SANRS HAS STOOD UP FOR LGBTQ EQUALY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-25T22:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-25T22:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOEY PARKER","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, PRI, TRANSGENR","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S WELL TO ELECTN SEASON, AND WE'RE ALL LOOKG AT THE NDIDAT FOR HOW THEY WILL ADDRS LGBTQ ISSU. COUNTER TO THE GOP ONTNNERS, BOTH DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT ARE STNCH ALLI. WE ENUMERATED HILLARY CLTON'S RERD OF LGBTQ SUPPORT, AND NOW S TIME TO FEEL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE SPOTLIGHT EIGHT TIM BERNIE SANRS STOOD UP FOR LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SUPPORTED EQUALY BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE BORN.LRA PATTERSON/CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAGREP. BERNIE SANRS, IND-VT., ON OCT. 29, 1990. (PHOTO BY LRA PATTERSON/CQ ROLL CALL VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SANRS WAS NNG FOR ERNOR OF VERMONT THE EARLY 70S, HE PENNED AN OPEN LETTER THAT POED THE THEN-RADIL IA THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE NTROL OF THEIR BODI, THEIR MDS AND THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"LET ABOLISH ALL LAWS THAT ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE A PARTICULAR BRAND OF MORALY OR "RIGHT" ON PEOPLE. LET'S ABOLISH ALL LAWS ALG WH ABORTN, DGS, SEXUAL BEHAVR (ADULTERY, HOMOSEXUALY, ETC.)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ENDORSED A PRI PARA BEFORE MOST PEOPLE KNEW WHAT ONE WAS.DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGEAST LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 23: AN LGBT RIGHTS SUPPORTER RRI A SIGN AT A MPAIGN RALLY FOR DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE SEN. BERNIE SANRS AT LLN PARK ON MAY 23, 2016 EAST LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. SANRS IS MPAIGNG AHEAD OF THE JUNE 7 CALIFORNIA PRIMARY. (PHOTO BY DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FUTURE SENATOR OM VERMONT SUPPORTED A PRI PARA BURLGTON BACK 1983, WAY BEFORE MOST POLICIANS EVEN SPOKE ABOUT LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE CY OF BURLGTON AND THE STATE OF VERMONT, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE THEIR LIFTYL," HE STATED. "IT'S AN AMERIN RIGHT, ANYONE'S RIGHT TO HAVE A MARCH... THIS IS A CIVIL LIBERTI QUTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE KNOWS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.CAIAIMAGE/HIMALAYAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME POLICIANS HAVE FLIP-FLOPPED, BUT SANRS HAS BEEN STEADFAST HIS SUPPORT: AS MAYOR OF BURLGTON THE 1980S, HE IMPLEMENTED AN ORDANCE THAT BANNED ANTI-GAY HOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT IS MY VERY STRONG VIEW THAT A SOCIETY WHICH PROCLAIMS HUMAN EEDOM AS S GOAL, AS THE UNED STAT DO, MT WORK UNCEASGLY TO END DISCRIMATN AGAST ALL PEOPLE," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS PAST YEAR, BURLGTON, WE HAVE MA SOME IMPORTANT PROGRS BY ADOPTG AN ORDANCE WHICH PROHIBS DISCRIMATN HOG. THIS LAW WILL GIVE LEGAL PROTECTN NOT ONLY TO WELFARE RECIPIENTS, AND FAI WH CHILDREN, THE ELRLY AND THE HANDIPPED — BUT TO THE GAY MUNY AS WELL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SUPPORTS THE EQUALY ACT.ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: FLANKED BY NGRSNAL MEMBERS, U.S. SEN. SENATOR JEFEY MERKLEY (D-OR) (C) SPEAKS DURG A NEWS NFERENCE ON LGBT DISCRIMATN JULY 23, 2015 ON CAPOL HILL WASHGTON, DC. THE NEWS NFERENCE WAS TO TRODUCE THE EQUALY ACT OF 2015. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N STILL BE FIRED SIMPLY FOR BEG GAY OR TRANS 27 STAT, BUT BERNIE IS A -SPONSOR OF THE EQUALY ACT, WHICH WOULD AMEND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 TO BAN DISCRIMATN BASED ON GENR INTY OR SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND IF ELECTED PRINT, HE SAYS HE'D HAPPILY SIGN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE’VE GOT TO END LGBTQ DISCRIMATN THE WORKPLACE. VERMONT DID THIS 22 YEARS AGO WHEN PASSED ONE OF THE FIRST STATE LAWS THE UNTRY PROTECTG LBIAN AND GAY WORKERS. CONGRS SHOULD HAVE ACTED LONG AGO, BUT REPUBLINS HAVE BLOCKED ACTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ASKED AND HE TOLD.CAMROCKER/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANRS OPPOSED PRINT CLTON'S DON'T ASK DON'T TELL POLICY, WHICH PUT GAY SERVICE MEMBERS A KD OF LIMBO. IN A 1995 BATE, HE LLED OUT AN OPPONENT FOR SAYG HE DIDN'T WANT "HOMOS THE ARY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WAS THE GENTLEMAN REFERRG TO THE MANY THOANDS AND THOANDS OF GAY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT THEIR LIV ON THE LE FOR UNTLS WARS FENDG THIS UNTRY? IS THAT THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THE GENTLEMAN WAS REFERRG TO?" HE ASKED. "YOU HAVE SULTED THOANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PUT THEIR LIV ON THE LE!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE VOTED AGAST THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.STT J. FERRELL/CONGRSNAL QUARTERLY/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - APRIL 10: BERBARD SANRS, I-VT., DURG NSIRATN OF MTEE PROCR TO BE FOLLOWED VTIGATNS TO ALLEGATNS OF MPAIGN FANCE IRREGULARI, CLUDG HANDLG DOCUMENTS. (PHOTO BY STT J. FERRELL/CONGRSNAL QUARTERLY/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE SOME DEMOCRATS, SANRS DIDN'T HAVE TO "EVOLVE" ON THE EEDOM TO MARRY: HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW NGRSMAN TO OPPOSE DOMA BACK 1996. "THAT WAS A TOUGH VOTE," HE ADMTED. "NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE VOTED AGAST , BUT I DID."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2011, HE LLED ON BARACK OBAMA TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY—SOMETHG THE PRINT DID THE VERY NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADVOT FOR THE TRANSGENR MUNY.DüNZL\ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG(GERMANY OUT) BERNIE SANRS HOLDG A SPEECH AT A RALLY SAN DIEGO. (PHOTO BY DüNZLULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN MANY STAT, IS LEGAL TO NY SOMEONE HOG FOR BEG TRANSGENR," SANRS STATED. "THAT IS WRONG AND MT END."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN, SENATOR SANRS SUPPORTS REQUIRG POLICE PARTMENTS NATNWI TO ADOPT POLICI ENSURG FAIRER TERACTNS WH TRANSGENR PEOPLE, PECIALLY TRANSGENR WOMEN OF LOR, WHO ARE OFTEN WRONGLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WANTS TO PROTECT SAME-SEX FAI.DüNZL\ULLSTE BILD VIA GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1993, SANRS VOTED AGAST AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BAN SAME-SEX UPL WASHGTON, DC, OM ADOPTG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, HE'S BACKED THE EVERY CHILD DERV A FAY ACT (ECDFA), WHICH PROHIBS CHILD-WELFARE AGENCI RECEIVG FERAL AID OM DISCRIMATG AGAST ANY POTENTIAL FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE FAY ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN, GENR INTY, OR MARAL STAT. IN ADDN, ECDFA PREVENTS DISCRIMATN AGAST ANY FOSTER YOUTH BEE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In addn, his reasong for opposg efforts to rtrict gay marriage was much narrower and legalistic than he now mak seem. When Sanrs was asked on Sunday about his vote agast the Defense of Marriage Act on CNN, he said that he believed back 1996 that gay upl had the right to gay marriage.

AS GAY RIGHTS ALLY, BERNIE SANRS WASN’T ALWAYS VANGUARD

” In 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court led that the state had to guarantee protectns and benefs to gay upl, a stop short of legalizg gay marriage. Many proment Democrats, cludg Sanrs’ succsor as mayor of Burlgton and a gubernatorial nomee, spoke out favor of gay marriage, but Sanrs kept mum. Peter Freyne, a lolly beloved Vermont wrer and opn wrer whom Sanrs later ld as “the bt polil reporter the state of Vermont, ” acced the then-Congrsman of obftg on his gay rights posn.

“Obtag Congrsman Bernie Sanrs’ posn on the gay marriage issue was like pullg teeth … om a rhoceros, ” Freyne wrote.

BERNIE SANRS’S REAL BEEF WH THE LGBT ‘ESTABLISHMENT’SHOW ME A HEROHILLARY CLTON AND BERNIE SANRS ARE LOCKED A HEATED ARGUMENT ABOUT WHO’S BEEN BETTER ON GAY RIGHTS—BUT NEHER HAS BEEN AS FORWARD-THKG AS THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE.NI LANGUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 5:55PM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEASTEARLIER THIS WEEK, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN MA A PARTICULARLY ON-BRAND PRINTIAL ENDORSEMENT, THROWG THEIR SUPPORT BEHD ANOTHER HRC: THE NDIDATE FORMERLY KNOWN AS HILLARY RODHAM CLTON.“ALL THE PROGRS WE HAVE MA AS A NATN ON LGBT EQUALY—AND ALL THE PROGRS WE HAVE YET TO MAKE—IS AT STAKE NOVEMBER,” HRC PRINT CHAD GRIFF SAID A STATEMENT. “WHILE THEY FIGHT TO TAKE BACKWARDS, HILLARY CLTON IS FIGHTG TO ADVANCE LGBT EQUALY ACROSS OUR NATN AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE ARE PROUD TO ENDORSE HILLARY CLTON FOR PRINT, AND BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE CHAMPN WE N UNT ON NOVEMBER—AND EVERY DAY SHE OCCUPI THE OVAL OFFICE.”ACRDG TO NATNAL POLL NUMBER AVERAG OM REAL CLEAR POLICS, THE ENDORSEMENT WAS A SAFE BET. ALTHOUGH SHE APPEARS TO BE LOSG MOMENTUM, CLTON IS STILL BEATG HER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS—LEADG HER CLOST RIVAL, SEN. BERNIE SANRS, BY 13 POTS. SHE REMAS THE ONTNNER, BUOYED BY HER STAT AS THE MASTREAM ALTERNATIVE TO SANRS’S FAR-LEFT VIEWS.AND A STATEMENT, SANRS ARGUED THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ENDORSEMENT, WHILE A TRATG CHOICE GIVEN HIS RERD ON LGBT RIGHTS, IS AN DITOR OF HER STAT AS THE “TABLISHMENT” PICK. “WHAT WE ARE DOG THIS MPAIGN, JT BLOWS MY MD EVERY DAY BEE I SEE CLEARLY, WE’RE TAKG ON NOT ONLY WALL STREET AND ENOMIC TABLISHMENT, WE’RE TAKG ON THE POLIL TABLISHMENT,” SANRS SAID. “SOME OF THE GROUPS ARE, FACT, A PART OF THE TABLISHMENT.” THE STATEMENT MAY HAVE PROVEN NTROVERSIAL ON THE INTER, BUT BERNIE SANRS IS BOTH ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND PLETELY MISSG THE POT. THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN HAS LONG BEEN CRICIZED BY QUEER ACTIVISTS AS THE EMBODIMENT OF “BIG GAY” POLICS, MARGALIZG THE TERTS OF TRANS FOLKS AND PEOPLE OF LOR FAVOR OF ISSU THAT FAVOR RICH, WHE GAY MEN. BUT DISTANCG HIMSELF OM THE POLICS OF MRS. CLTON AND THE “TABLISHMENT” THAT SUPPORTS HER, HE FAILS TO REGNIZE THAT HIS OWN HISTORY ON THE ISSU IS HARDLY RADIL.WHILE THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PHED THE ISSU OF MARRIAGE EQUALY AND GAYS SERVG OPENLY THE ARY THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND 2000S, THE ANIZATN PERSISTENTLY FOUGHT THE CLN OF TRANS PEOPLE EQUAL-RIGHTS LEGISLATN. THE HRC FAMOLY OPPOSED GENR INTY PROTECTNS THE EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMATN ACT. FIRST TRODUCED TO CONGRS BY SEN. GERRY STUDDS (D-MA) BACK 1994, THE BILL SOUGHT TO PROHIB INTY-BASED WORKPLACE DISCRIMATN—MEANG THAT EMPLOYERS WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO FIRE SOMEONE (OR PREVENT THEM OM BEG HIRED) ON THE BASIS OF THEIR LGBT STAT.BUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S THEN-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ELIZABETH BIRCH, OPPOSED OFFERG THOSE PROTECTNS TO TRANSGENR WORKERS, STATG WOULD HAPPEN “OVER HER AD BODY.” AS TRANSGRT’S MONI ROBERTS EXPLAS, BIRCH’S OPPOSN WAS BASED ON AN OLD TACTIC OF GAY-RIGHTS LEARS: BY THROWG TRANS PEOPLE UNR THE B, THEY HOPED TO MAKE BILLS LIKE ENDA MORE PALATABLE TO THE MASTREAM— CUTTG OUT SUCH “EXTREME LANGUAGE.” THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT’S JIM FOURATT ED THE SAME EXACT ARGUMENT TO OPPOSE TRANS CLN A 1971 ANTI-DISCRIMATN MEASURE.WHILE CHAD GRIFF, THE CURRENT PRINT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, HAS PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED TO THE MUNY FOR THE ANIZATN’S HISTORILLY BAD RERD ON TRANS RIGHTS, THE HRC HAS STILL STGGLED TO OVERE S OWN LEGACY OF DISCRIMATN. DURG A 2012 RALLY SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, THE GROUP ASKED ATTEN NOT TO DISPLAY A FLAG REPRENTG THE TRANS MUNY. ACRDG TO MIC’S MARIBEL HERMOSILLO, HRC WORKERS TOLD THEM THAT “MARRIAGE EQUALY ISN’T A TRANS ISSUE.”IN ADDN TO SILG TRANS VOIC FAVOR OF APPEALG TO THE MASTREAM, THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S WORKPLACE EQUALY INX HAS LONG SUPPORTED PANI THAT WORK AGAST QUEER TERTS. 2015 MARKED THE 12TH YEAR A ROW THAT THE HRC AWARD GOLDMAN SACHS—THE WALL STREET FIRM WHOSE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE PRACTIC WERE STMENTAL CRASHG THE AMERIN ENOMY 2008—WH A PERFECT RATG. AS QUEER PEOPLE (PECIALLY TRANS FOLKS) ARE DISPROPORTNATELY LIKELY TO LIVE UNR THE POVERTY LE, THE MARGALIZED GROUPS ARE UNIQUELY AFFECTED BY ENOMIC CRIS.ASI OM SIAR ACRONYMS, HILLARY CLTON HAS MUCH MON WH THE HRC. KNOWN AS “MRS. WALL STREET,” SHE’S VIEWED BY SIRS AS THE NDIDATE MOST FAVORABLE TO RPORATE TERTS. THIS STANDS STARK NTRAST TO SANRS, WHO HAS DITED HIS REER TO TAKG ON THE EXCS OF UNREGULATED PALISM. “LET WAGE A MORAL AND POLIL WAR AGAST THE BILLNAIR AND RPORATE LEARS, ON WALL STREET AND ELSEWHERE, WHOSE POLICI AND GREED ARE STROYG THE MIDDLE CLASS OF AMERI,” SANRS URGED A 2012 SAY FOR THE HUFFGTON POST.IF THOSE LEANGS PUT CLTON AT ODDS WH THE ENOMIC TERTS OF MANY LGBT PEOPLE, HER QUEER ADVOCY HAS ALSO BEEN THE PRODUCT OF TABLISHMENT THKG. DURG THE 1990S, HILLARY CLTON SUPPORTED BOTH DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL AND THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, A PAIR OF BILLS THAT, RPECTIVELY, BARRED GAYS OM ARY SERVICE AND RTRICTED THE LEGAL FN OF “MARRIAGE” TO THE UNN BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. BOTH POLICI—WHICH WERE WILDLY POPULAR AT THE TIME—WERE STUTED DURG HER HBAND’S TENURE AS PRINT.DURG HER SUCCSFUL NEW YORK SENATE N 2000, CLTON NTUED TO BACK DOMA—ALTHOUGH SHE WOULD DISTANCE HERSELF OM THE BILL DURG HER 2008 MPAIGN FOR THE WHE HOE. THIS WAS A TIME WHEN MOST AMERINS STILL OPPOSED FULL LEGAL REGNN FOR SAME-SEX UPL, BUT AS PUBLIC OPN SHIFTED, SO DID HILLARY CLTON’S OPNS ON THE SUBJECT. MAY 2012 MARKED THE FIRST TIME HISTORY A MAJORY OF U.S. CIZENS (AT 50 PERCENT) SUPPORTED MARRIAGE EQUALY, AND JT 10 MONTHS LATER, CLTON WOULD ANNOUNCE SHE, TOO, HAD “EVOLVED” ON THE ISSUE. SHE FALLY ME OUT SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALY 2013.IN NTRAST WH CLTON’S “WA AND SEE” APPROACH, SANRS HAS TOUTED HIMSELF AS AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON QUEER EQUALY. LAST MAY, SANRS EXPLAED TO THE NEW YORK TIM THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE TO “E AROUND” TO THE ISSUE. “I’M NOT EVOLVG WHEN TO GAY RIGHTS,” HE SAID. “I WAS THERE!” LEANG ON HIS TRACK RERD IS A FAIAR ARGUMENT FOR THE VERMONT SENATOR, WHO ALSO TOUTS HIS HISTORY ON CIVIL RIGHTS AS PROOF THAT HE STANDS WH THE GOALS OF THE #BLACKLIVMATTER MPAIGN.BUT WHETHER HE LIK OR NOT, HE’S BEEN JT AS MUCH A PARTICIPANT “TABLISHMENT” POLICS AS THE GROUPS THAT HE’S CRICIZG. SANRS VOICED SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS AN EARLY-1970S OPEN LETTER AND OPPOSED DOMA, AND WHILE HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME ON BOTH UNTS, NEHER OF THE STANC SHOWED AN EXPLIC NCERN FOR LGBT PEOPLE. INSTEAD, HIS APPEALS WERE BASED ON ERNMENT OVERREACH AND NSTUTNAL GROUNDS.“[T]HERE ARE ENTIRELY TOO MANY LAWS THAT REGULATE HUMAN BEHAVR,” HE WROTE THE LETTER. “LET ABOLISH ALL LAWS WHICH ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE A PARTICULAR BRAND OF MORALY OR ‘RIGHT’ ON PEOPLE.”IN RPONSE TO SANRS’S “NO” VOTE AGAST THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, HIS WIFE, JANE SANRS, SPECIFIED THAT WAS NOT AN INTY-BASED CISN. INSTEAD, HER HBAND FELT THAT NSTUTED A VLATN OF THE LEGAL JURISDICTN GRANTED TO DIVIDUAL STAT TO CI MARRIAGE LAWS. “WE’RE NOT LEGISLATG VALU,” MRS. SANRS ARGUED. “WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTUTN.”ACRDG TO THE HUFFGTON POST, “[BERNIE SANRS’] SPOKMAN MICHAEL BRIGGS MA THE SE… THAT SANRS HAS BEEN WAY AHEAD OF CLTON—AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE— ADVOTG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.” BUT THAT’S SIMPLY NOT TE.IN AN SAY FOR SLATE, MARK JOSEPH STERN WR, “AS MAYOR OF BURLGTON 1990, SANRS TOLD AN TERVIEWER THAT LGBT RIGHTS WERE NOT A ‘MAJOR PRRY’ FOR HIM.” HE OPPOSED MARRIAGE EQUALY THROUGHOUT THE 2000S, LLG A “DIVISIVE” ISSUE AND MATAG HIS SUPPORT FOR CIVIL UNNS, BEFORE EVENTUALLY G AROUND 2009.AND ALTHOUGH VERMONT WOULD BEE THE FIRST STATE TO PASS CIVIL UNNS 2000, HIS SUPPORT FOR THAT GROUNDBREAKG MEASURE WASN’T ABOUT MAKG HISTORY FOR SAME-SEX UPL BUT BASED THE EXACT SAME MDSET: PROTECTG STAT’ RIGHTS. SANRS FALLY “EVOLVED” ON MARRIAGE FOUR YEARS BEFORE HILLARY CLTON—THE LENGTH OF AN ENTIRE PRINTIAL TERM—BUT ’S HARDLY THE LIGHT-YEARS-AHEAD-OF-S-TIME STANCE HIS MPAIGN IS TOUTG.WHETHER OR NOT HE LIK TO ADM , THAT MEANS THE PROGRSIVE SENATOR HAS MORE MON WH CLTON AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN THAN HE’D LIKE TO BELIEVE. AND WHEN LGBT VOTERS GO TO HELP CHOOSE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMEE, THEY’LL ULTIMATELY BE FACED WH A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO IMPERFECT CHAMPNS FOR EQUALY. NI LANG

Freyne scribed repeated attempts to hear Sanrs’ views on gay marriage, and the ngrsman only said he “supports the current procs” the state legislature. That same year, Sanrs was asked a bate durg his first n for the Senate about a Massachetts state urt cisn that legalized gay marriage.

He rpond by talkg about stat’ rights, which is an argument often ed by policians who have argued agast feral regnn of gay marriage as well. It wasn’t until 2009 that Sanrs publicly voiced support for gay marriage, years after many of his ntemporari Vermont.

BERNIE SANRS WAS S AHEAD OF THE UNTRY ON GAY RIGHTS AND ENDG THE WAR ON DGS

The state legislature voted to legalize gay marriage that March and overro a gubernatorial veto to pass to law April. But a Sanrs’ mpaign spokman, Michael Briggs, strsed that he has a “long and nsistent rerd on gay rights. “Was the gentleman referrg to the many thoands and thoands of gay people who have put their liv on the le untls wars fendg this untry?

LGBTQ Valu Are Fay Valu: Bernie supported gay marriage long before was polilly expedient to do so, and also supports gay adoptn. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, allowed gays and lbians to serve the ary only if they stayed the closet and weren’t open about their sexual orientatn.

In 1996, Bernie voted agast the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) law, which fed marriage as between one man and one woman, and nied feral benefs to gay spo.