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11 Dec 2024

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TIMELE: BILL CLTON'S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS
HIGH-PROFILE POLICIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR POSNS ON GAY MARRIAGE
HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM

TIMELE: BILL CLTON'S EVOLUTN ON GAY RIGHTS

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. 1991: Clton, the ernor of Arkansas, meets wh LGBT advot Hollywood, makg him the first major printial ndidate to urt the gay vote openly.

HIGH-PROFILE POLICIANS WHO CHANGED THEIR POSNS ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM

(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. 2008: Clton sists that DOMA isn't anti-gay.

“It’s a slight rewrg of history…to imply that somehow this was anti-gay when I had more openly gay people my admistratn and did more for gay rights and tried to provi an opportuny for gays to serve the ary and did provi an opportuny for gays to serve civilian posns volvg natnal secury that they had been prevly been nied to servg . ”2009: Big moment: Clton says he’s “basilly support” of gay marriage durg an appearance at the Camp Progrs Natnal Conference Washgton. ” He adds, however, that he believ s stat’ right to ci the legaly of gay marriage.

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