Sixteen years ago, Hillary Clton clearly articulated an anti-gay marriage posn. Now, she uldn't be a more full-throated supporter.
Contents:
- REMEMBER WHEN HILLARY CLTON WAS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE?
- HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM
- HILLARY CLTON'S VIEWS EVOLVE ON GAY MARRIAGE, JT TIME FOR PRINTIAL MPAIGN
- HILLARY CLTON ANNOUNC HER SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE
- HILLARY CLTON ANNOUNC HER SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
REMEMBER WHEN HILLARY CLTON WAS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE?
Hillary Clton wasted no time -optg today’s historic Supreme Court lg on gay marriage as a promotnal vice for her printial n. “Proud to celebrate,” Clton clared on Twter, spe the fact that relatively recently she thought same sex marriage should rema illegal. * hillary clinton on gay marriage *
December 1999: Clton told a group of gay ntributors at a fundraiser that she was agast the "don't ask, don't tell" ary policy signed by her hband. But I also believe that people mted gay marriag, as they believe them to be, should be given rights unr the law that regnize and rpect their relatnship. "I have supported the kd of rights and rponsibili that are beg extend to gay upl Vermont, " she said.
October 2006: Clton told a group of gay elected officials that she would support same-sex marriage New York if a future ernor and Legislature chose to enact such a law.
HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM
* hillary clinton on gay marriage *
Augt 2007: In a Democratic primary bate sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign and LOGO Network (a gay-oriented TV statn) Clton was asked "What is at the heart of your opposn to same-sex marriage?
That’s why I support marriage for lbian and gay upl. June 2014: NPR’s Terry Gross grilled Clton about her past posns’ on gay marriage what led to a tty exchange. New York Post, "Dems do a tiptoe around gay marriage, " July 3, 2003.
HILLARY CLTON'S VIEWS EVOLVE ON GAY MARRIAGE, JT TIME FOR PRINTIAL MPAIGN
C-SPAN, "Hillary Clton on gay marriage 2004, " July 13, 2004. New York Tim, "Clton wouldn’t block law if Albany backs gay marriage, " Oct. New York Daily News, "Clton, Obama scramble to fix waffle on gays, " March 16, 2007.
Associated Prs, "Dems face sharp qutns on gay rights, " Aug. New York Tim, "Cold feet on gay marriage, " (Accsed Nexis) June 29, 2011.
New York Daily News, "Hil hails to the right on gay marriage, " (Accsed Nexis) March 19, 2013. Washgton Post, "How Hillary Clton evolved gay marriage, " March 18, 2013. New York Tim, "Hillary Clton’s gay rights evolutn, " Aug.
HILLARY CLTON ANNOUNC HER SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE
The Hill, "Hillary to SCOTUS: back gay marriage, " April 15, 2015. The Hill, "Clton chang logo to back gay marriage, " April 28, 2015.
PoliFact, "Print Barack Obama’s shiftg stance on gay marriage, " May 11, 2012. Hillary Clton wasted no time -optg today’s historic Supreme Court lg on gay marriage as a promotnal vice for her printial n. ”A prr, she stood by her hband as he signed the Defense of Marriage Act, a piece of legislatn that dified gay Ameri’s send-class stat.
So ’s fair to say that Hillary Clton has had a longstandg opposn to gay marriage—eher that, or she was too aaid to speak tthfully about her nvictns for polil reasons, which is really jt as bad.
HILLARY CLTON ANNOUNC HER SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Hillary Clton didn't rea om supportg same-sex marriage for polil reasons—before last year, she earntly believed that marriage equaly should be nied to gays and lbians. * The d tensn stemmed om persistent qutng as Clton obfted on an issue that uld damage her chanc a 2016 primary but is relatively unlikely to hurt her a ntt agast a Republin, given that her aln is so much stronger on gay rights than the opposn. Most famoly, the Silin Valley left forced the oter of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich for a 2008 donatn he ma to an anti-gay-marriage ballot iative.
That same year, Clton ran for print while openly opposg gay marriage. If she is to be believed, she also opposed gay marriage as recently as 2013, long after a majory of Amerins already held a more gay-iendly posn.
Would the subset of Democrats who thought 2008 opposn to gay marriage should prevent a man om beg CEO 2013 really support the 2015 printial mpaign of a woman who openly opposed gay marriage until last year?