The Real Controversy In Clton's Gay Marriage Interview Wasn't The Tone
Contents:
- TIMELE: BILL CLTON'S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS
- HIGH-PROFILE POLICIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR POSNS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CLTON'S GAY MARRIAGE INTERVIEW WAS CONTROVERSIAL BEE OF SUBSTANCE, NOT TONE
- CHELSEA CHANGED BILL CLTON’S MD ON GAY MARRIAGE
TIMELE: BILL CLTON'S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS
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Bill Clton, who signed the Defense of Marriage Act to law 1996, is now urgg the Supreme Court to strike an op-ed the Washgton Post on Friday, the former print said when he greenlighted DOMA—which f marriage as between a man and a woman-- was a “very different time, ” notg that no stat regnized gay marriage. He argu that at the time, legislatn to fe marriage would fend off a movement that would have been even worse for gay did Clton go om pro-DOMA to anti-DOMA? Let's take a trip down memory you n see, the former print has long tried to have both ways--urtg the gay muny while also erng as a centrist.
HIGH-PROFILE POLICIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR POSNS ON GAY MARRIAGE
1991: Clton, the ernor of Arkansas, meets wh LGBT advot Hollywood, makg him the first major printial ndidate to urt the gay vote openly. 1993: Clton signs “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, ” which allows gay men and women to serve the armed servic if they keep their sexualy a secret. Gay-rights advot rip Clton for not gog far enough.
CLTON'S GAY MARRIAGE INTERVIEW WAS CONTROVERSIAL BEE OF SUBSTANCE, NOT TONE
(It was the rult of a promise after Clton failed to overturn an existg ban on gay service members servg the ary).
He is the first print to addrs the anizatn, and says he supports a law to protect homosexuals the workplace. 1999: Clton is received warmly while speakg at a dner sponsored by Accs Now for Gay and Lbian Equaly. 2004: In his tobgraphy My Life, Clton do not mentn his role the gay marriage bate.
CHELSEA CHANGED BILL CLTON’S MD ON GAY MARRIAGE
2008: Clton sists that DOMA isn't anti-gay.