Gay, sgle, divorced: The 2020 printial field reprents the diversy of Amerin fai.
Contents:
- GAY, SGLE, DIVORCED, REMARRIED: DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT REFLECT THE CHANGG AMERIN FAY
- A MARRIED GAY MAN IS NNG FOR PRINT. THAT’S A BIG AL.
- ROMNEY'S VIEWS ON GAY MARRIAGE: ALSO EVOLVG?
GAY, SGLE, DIVORCED, REMARRIED: DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT REFLECT THE CHANGG AMERIN FAY
* presidential candidates on gay marriage *
Pence was cril of the Obama admistratn's directive on transgenr bathroom accs and supported Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the policy that prohibed soldiers om openly intifyg as gay until was end 2011. Gary Johnson supported legalizg same-sex marriage and advoted for endg the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which prohibed openly gay service members om servg the ary.
The vio clud scen om a 2011 speech where she said “gay rights and human one and the same” played over clips of same-sex upl. Clton said, "This morng, they all cried the Supreme Court's lg upholdg marriage equaly—we even heard them ll for a nstutnal amendment to strip away the right to equaly om our gay brothers and sisters. On the issue of gay marriage, Donald Tmp said durg a November 2013 terview on MSNBC, "I thk I’m evolvg, and I thk I’m a very fair person, but I have been for tradnal marriage.
In a March 2011 terview wh The D Mo Register, Tmp said gay upl should not be allowed to marry or receive the same benefs as married heterosexual upl.
A MARRIED GAY MAN IS NNG FOR PRINT. THAT’S A BIG AL.
Where Printial Candidat Stand on Gay Marriage * presidential candidates on gay marriage *
Tapper said he wasn't askg for an explanatn for Tmp's divorc, but rather what he would say to a gay person on this qutn. " Later durg his appearance, Tmp told supporters that he would be “better for the gay muny” than Clton.
Pence supported Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the policy that prohibed soldiers om openly intifyg as gay until was end 2011.
ROMNEY'S VIEWS ON GAY MARRIAGE: ALSO EVOLVG?
The first openly gay printial ndidate to mount a major mpaign has attracted an equally pneerg prs rps. * presidential candidates on gay marriage *
” Pence also said that beg gay is a choice and that preventg gay upl om marryg was not discrimatn, but a means of enforcg "God's ia.
The Green Party regniz the equal rights of persons who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, tersex, trans-sexual, queer, or transgenr to hog, jobs, civil marriage, medil benefs, child ctody, and all areas of life cludg equal tax treatment.
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * presidential candidates on gay marriage *
We will pursue legislatn agast all forms of hate crim, cludg those directed agast people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgenr, and ter-sex.
Print Obama said his posn on gay marriage "evolved" over time, and a se n be ma that GOP printial ndidate Mt Romney's views on gay rights have changed as well. Though Romney says his posn has been nsistent; activists don't see that way. * presidential candidates on gay marriage *
Johnson released a statement on December 1, 2011, to announce that he supported gay marriage after "a great al of liberatn, discsn wh the gay muny, and a ncln that ernment has no bs choosg who should be allowed the benefs of marriage and who should not. However, when to the rights of dividuals and upl unr the law, ernment’s promise should be to sure equal accs to those rights to all Amerins, gay or straight. In April 2011, Johnson supported civil unns for gay upl, addg that "the ernment ought to get out of the marriage bs.
Johnson wrote an op-ed The Huffgton Post December 2010 to advote for the end of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ary policy which prohibed openly gay servicemembers om servg. "While virtually all other signifint ary powers the world have long ago lifted their bans on gays servg openly the ary -- wh no adverse effects -- the U. " Weld replied, "In office, my se, even though I was then a Republin and not a Libertarian, I was way out there by myself on gay and lbian rights, startg my first month office, January 1991.