Bernie Sanrs: Gay Marriage Rerd Not as Simple As He Says | Time

Contents:

• HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY SANRS KG OBUARY
• GAY (NEW) SANRS
• FDG THE WORD OF GOD: GAY CHRISTIAN ATHLETE JOSH SANRS ON HIS SEARCH FOR THE TTH
• IS HOSEA SANRS GAY? HOSTG CHIGO PRI PARA SPARK SPECULATNS!
• ASHTON SANRS, GAY CHARACTER BOND REVEALED AMID SUCCS HEIGHT & AWARDS
• ASHTON SANRS GAY, GIRLIEND, WIFE, NET WORTH, FAY, B
• IS THOMAS SANRS GAY WHO IS THE BOYIEND OR GIRLIEND - ESSAY EXAMPLE
• GAY SANRS OBUARY

HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. “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.

GAY SANRS KG OBUARY

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.

GAY (NEW) SANRS

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.

FDG THE WORD OF GOD: GAY CHRISTIAN ATHLETE JOSH SANRS ON HIS SEARCH FOR THE TTH

Peter Freyne, a lolly beloved Vermont wrer and opn wrer whom Sanrs later ld as “the bt polil reporter the state of Vermont, ” acced the then-Congrsman of obftg on his gay rights posn.

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“Obtag Congrsman Bernie Sanrs’ posn on the gay marriage issue was like pullg teeth … om a rhoceros, ” Freyne wrote. Freyne scribed repeated attempts to hear Sanrs’ views on gay marriage, and the ngrsman only said he “supports the current procs” the state legislature. That same year, Sanrs was asked a bate durg his first n for the Senate about a Massachetts state urt cisn that legalized gay marriage.

He rpond by talkg about stat’ rights, which is an argument often ed by policians who have argued agast feral regnn of gay marriage as well. It wasn’t until 2009 that Sanrs publicly voiced support for gay marriage, years after many of his ntemporari Vermont. The state legislature voted to legalize gay marriage that March and overro a gubernatorial veto to pass to law April.

ASHTON SANRS, GAY CHARACTER BOND REVEALED AMID SUCCS HEIGHT & AWARDS

But a Sanrs’ mpaign spokman, Michael Briggs, strsed that he has a “long and nsistent rerd on gay rights. “You said somethg about ‘homos’ the ary, ” Sanrs said.

ASHTON SANRS GAY, GIRLIEND, WIFE, NET WORTH, FAY, B

“Was the gentleman referrg to the many thoands and thoands of gay people who have put their liv on the le untls wars fendg this untry? You ed the word homos.

Bernie Sanrs has been attackg Hillary Clton for her stance on gay marriage and amg himself as a longstandg advote for gay rights, but Sanrs' support has not always been so Saturday, Sanrs acced her of seekg to “rewre” history by explag her support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act as a “fensive” mechanism meant to protect agast a Constutnal amendment on marriage. He has amed himself as an early supporter, tellg the New York Tim, “I’m not evolvg when to gay rights. ”But Sanrs’ history wh gay marriage was by no means an unwaverg show of support.

IS THOMAS SANRS GAY WHO IS THE BOYIEND OR GIRLIEND - ESSAY EXAMPLE

Ined, even his opposn to DOMA was not a clear exprsn of support for gay marriage. ”Evan Wolfson, the founr and print of pro-gay-marriage group Freedom to Marry, said Sanrs “serv applse” for that vote, as he was one of jt a few dozen lawmakers to oppose the bipartisan bill.

But he said Sanrs has exaggerated his rerd on gay marriage. “Senator Sanrs, at pots, has implied that he has been a strong and nsistent supporter of the eedom to marry — but at ccial junctur, at least publicly, he was not, ” Wolfson reports om the early 2000s reveal a senator reluctant to embrace gay marriage even when his own relatively liberal state was gog through s own bate on the issue. Sanrs issued a statement “appldg” the Vermont Supreme Court for lg that gay upl should be afford the benefs of marriage — but not explicly the right to marry — the urt sent the issue to the legislature to ci, and there Sanrs ially refed to take a a well-rpected lumnist for the Vermont pennt newsweekly Seven Days wrote 2000, ssg out Sanrs’ stance on gay marriage at the time was like “pullg teeth…om a rhocero.

Patrick Leahy all took a posn, all opposn to gay marriage. Other Democrats the state, cludg the two ndidat for Senate and Sanrs’ succsor as Mayor of Burlgton, spoke out favor of gay marriage.

GAY SANRS OBUARY

”After the legislature passed a civil unns bill, Sanrs exprsed support for that, but he stopped short of phg for gay marriage to be years later, when the Gee W.