Hillary Clton supports gay marriage - POLITICO

hillary clinton on gay marriage

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 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. 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. C-SPAN, "Hillary Clton on gay marriage 2004, " July 13, 2004.

HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM

* hillary clinton on gay marriage *

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.

HILLARY CLTON'S VIEWS EVOLVE ON GAY MARRIAGE, JT TIME FOR PRINTIAL MPAIGN

Associated Prs, "Dems face sharp qutns on gay rights, " Aug. New York Tim, "Cold feet on gay marriage, " (Accsed Nexis) June 29, 2011.

HILLARY CLTON ANNOUNC HER SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE

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 FOR 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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* HILLARY CLINTON ON GAY MARRIAGE

Hillary Clton's Gay-Marriage Problem - The Atlantic</tle><meta name="scriptn" ntent="Until 2013, she held a posn that lots of Democratic voters now regard as eply wronghead."/><meta property="kx:tle" ntent="Hillary Clton's Gay-Marriage Problem - The Atlantic"/><meta property="kx:scriptn" ntent="Until 2013, she held a posn that lots of Democratic voters now regard as eply wronghead."/><lk rel="nonil" href="><lk rel="image_src" href="><meta name="thor" ntent="Conor Friersdorf"/><lk rel="ia:markup_url" href="><meta property="article:publisher" ntent="><meta property="article:opn" ntent="false"/><meta property="article:ntent_tier" ntent="metered"/><meta property="article:tag" ntent="polics"/><meta property="article:sectn" ntent="Polics"/><meta property="article:published_time" ntent="2014-06-13T09:37:51Z"/><meta property="article:modified_time" ntent="2014-06-13T15:34:01Z"/><meta name="robots" ntent="x, follow, max-image-preview:large"/><meta property="og:tle" ntent="Hillary Clton's Gay-Marriage Problem"/><meta property="og:scriptn" ntent="Until 2013, she held a posn that lots of Democratic voters now regard as eply wronghead."/><meta property="og:url" ntent="><meta property="og:type" ntent="article"/><meta property="og:image"/><meta property="twter:rd" ntent="summary_large_image"/><lk rel="alternate" type="applitn/rss+xml" tle="The Atlantic" href="/feed/all/"/><lk rel="alternate" type="applitn/rss+xml" tle="Bt of The Atlantic" href="/feed/bt-of/"/><meta name="referrer" ntent="unsafe-url"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-pable" ntent="y"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-stat-bar-style" ntent="black"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-tle" ntent="The Atlantic"/><meta name="keywords" ntent="gay marriage, clton, marriage equaly, gay rights, human rights, ha ha ha, Hillary Clton, Supreme Court, Clton primary opponent, Marriage Act" emID="#keywords"/><meta name="news_keywords" ntent="gay marriage, clton, marriage equaly, gay rights, human rights, ha ha ha, Hillary Clton, Supreme Court, Clton primary opponent, Marriage Act"/><meta name="" ntent="polics"/><meta name="" ntent="Conor Friersdorf"/><meta name="" ntent="2014-06-13T09:37:51Z"/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><lk rel="preload" as="font" type="font/woff2" href=" crossorig=""/><script type="applitn/ld+json">{"@ntext":","@type":"NewsArticle","headle":"Hillary Clton's Gay-Marriage Problem","alternativeHeadle":"Hillary Clton's Gay-Marriage Problem","scriptn":"Until 2013, she held a posn that lots of Democratic voters now regard as eply wronghead.","url":","datePublished":"2014-06-13T09:37:51Z","dateModified":"2014-06-13T15:34:01Z","isAccsibleForFree":false,"hasPart":{"@type":"WebPageElement","isAccsibleForFree":false,"cssSelector":".article-ntent-body"},"publisher":{"@id":"},"maEntyOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"},"thor":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Conor Friersdorf","sameAs":"}],"articleSectn":"Polics"}</script><lk rel="preload" as="image" imageSiz="(m-width: 976px) 976px, 100vw"/><meta name="next-head-unt" ntent="61"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-g=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href=" data-n-p=""/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href="><lk rel="preload" href=" as="style"/><lk rel="stylheet" href="><noscript data-n-css=""></noscript><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/><lk rel="preload" href=" as="script"/></head><body><div id="__next"><div data-tegory="story page"><div></div><nav class="Nav_root___6bX9" aria-labelledby="se-navigatn" data-tegory="Se Nav" data-event-module="se nav" id="ma-navigatn"><div class="Nav_maNav__yofcm"><a href="#ma-ntent" class="Nav_skipLk__Evjjd">Skip to ntent</a><h2 id="se-navigatn" class="Nav_visuallyHi__AbSDF">Se Navigatn</h2><div class="Nav_flexContaer__Q3LKQ"><ul class="Nav_leftContaer__cPQgJ"><li class="Nav_navListItem__cEyWT Nav_visuallyHiOnMobile__hxCGG"><a href=" class="Nav_navLk__5SUAA"><svg xmlns=" viewBox="0 0 87.83 134" class="Nav_bigA__XvGGC"><tle>The Atlantic .

TOP