Rabow flags, pk triangl, the Greek letter ''Lambda'', eedom rgs, green rnatns, red ribbons, there are many symbols adopted by the LGBTQ through the s, but how about the Lavenr Rhoceros? Gay Media Actn Advertisg was formed Boston by Tom Manti, Bernie Toale, and Daniel Thaxton. Artists Thaxton and Toale, me up wh the
Contents:
- HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE
- SAME STREET SAYS BERT AND ERNIE 'DON'T HAVE A SEXUAL ORIENTATN' AFTER LONGTIME WRER CLAIMS THEY'RE GAY
- 30 DAYS OF PRI: VERMONT LBIAN & GAY PRI 1983
HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE
Bernie Sanrs is cricizg Hillary Clton over her rerd on gay marriage, but his own story is more plited than he portrays . * bernie gay pride *
At a marquee event on Saturday one hundred days before the Iowa uc, Bernie Sanrs went after Hillary Clton’s rerd on gay rights.
Wh Clton wag nearby, Sanrs blamed her for supportg the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which barred feral regnn of gay marriage, argug that she is now misleadg the public about her past views when she says that she only supported the law to prevent a nstutnal amendment.
SAME STREET SAYS BERT AND ERNIE 'DON'T HAVE A SEXUAL ORIENTATN' AFTER LONGTIME WRER CLAIMS THEY'RE GAY
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“Today, some are tryg to rewre history by sayg they voted for one anti-gay law to stop somethg worse, ” Sanrs told a group of top Democratic anizers, whout sayg Clton’s name.
There was a small mory opposed to discrimatg agast our gay brothers and sisters, and I am proud that I was one of those members! By all measur, Sanrs was ahead of his time supportg gay rights.
In 1983, as mayor of Burlgton, he signed a Gay Pri Day proclamatn llg a civil rights issue. “I’m not evolvg when to gay rights. But his rerd on gay marriage is more plited than he now mak sound.
30 DAYS OF PRI: VERMONT LBIAN & GAY PRI 1983
Bernie Sanrs' Gay Pri Day Proclamatn and the History of LGBT Advocy by Chase Dimock The above image is of Bernie's claratn of a "Gay Pri Day" Burlgton, VT 1985. I was born 1985, which means that this man has been advotg for my civil rights my entire life. As we near… * bernie gay pride *
While Sanrs generally opposed measur to ban gay marriage, he did not speak out favor of until 2009.
In addn, his reasong for opposg efforts to rtrict gay marriage was much narrower and legalistic than he now mak seem. When Sanrs was asked on Sunday about his vote agast the Defense of Marriage Act on CNN, he said that he believed back 1996 that gay upl had the right to gay marriage.
” In 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court led that the state had to guarantee protectns and benefs to gay upl, a stop short of legalizg gay marriage. Many proment Democrats, cludg Sanrs’ succsor as mayor of Burlgton and a gubernatorial nomee, spoke out favor of gay marriage, but Sanrs kept mum.