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Contents:
- HOW BERNIE SANRS EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE
- SANRS: I WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON GAY RIGHTS
- BERNIE SANRS WAS S AHEAD OF THE UNTRY ON GAY RIGHTS AND ENDG THE WAR ON DGS
- AS GAY RIGHTS ALLY, BERNIE SANRS WASN’T ALWAYS VANGUARD
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- SANRS IS NO NEWBIE TO SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE
- THIS CLIP OF BERNIE SANRS DOWNPLAYG THREATS TO GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN HASN’T AGED WELL
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
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 . * sanders on gay marriage *
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.
SANRS: I WAS AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON GAY RIGHTS
The Bernie Sanrs mpaign says the ndidate was an "outspoken proponent" of gay marriage his state. * sanders on gay marriage *
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.
BERNIE SANRS WAS S AHEAD OF THE UNTRY ON GAY RIGHTS AND ENDG THE WAR ON DGS
Sen. Bernie Sanrs has been attackg Hillary Clton for her stance on gay marriage and amg himself as a longstandg advote for gay rights. * sanders on gay marriage *
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. Freyne scribed repeated attempts to hear Sanrs’ views on gay marriage, and the ngrsman only said he “supports the current procs” the state legislature.
AS GAY RIGHTS ALLY, BERNIE SANRS WASN’T ALWAYS VANGUARD
Bernie Sanrs exprsed varyg levels of support for gay rights as he rose polilly, and some gay rights advot say he was ls than a lear. * sanders on gay marriage *
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. “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?
Sanrs was "a pneer on this early versn of gay marriage and has by far the most exemplary rerd on gay rights of any ndidate ever Amerin history, " Briggs said an terview wh The Washgton 's not que right. “Sanrs also supported Vermont’s civil unns law 2000, and he was an outspoken proponent of gay marriage before the Legislature his home state 2009 passed one of the natn’s first same-sex marriage laws.
”Several rears asked to look to the statements light of a fascatg article Time magaze tled “How Bernie Sanrs evolved on Gay Marriage. ” The article documented how while Sanrs may have opposed DOMA, he did more for narrow, legalistic issu — and how he was also late to support gay marriage his own ’ve examed his rerd.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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Can his mpaign back up s claim that he was an “outspoken proponent of gay marriage” before Vermont’s legislature passed — over the ernor’s veto — one of the first same-sex marriage laws? His mpaign supplied a long list of posns over time, datg back to 1972, backg gay and lbian vote on DOMA was a relatively lonely one, as he was jt one of 67 Hoe members to vote agast .
) Given that then Print Bill Clton (D) had said he would sign the law, would have been far easier, polilly, to vote for on gay marriage, Sanrs appears to have held off explic support until the Vermont legislature was poised to pass , tratg gay only document his mpaign uld provi showg Sanrs’ support for gay marriage was an article that appeared on July 11, 2009, the Valley News of Wt Lebanon, N.
SANRS IS NO NEWBIE TO SUPPORTG GAY MARRIAGE
The Hoe of Reprentativ on Tuday passed a bill to dify the right to gay marriage the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wa * sanders on gay marriage *
The article was mostly about the reversal by Vermont’s other senator, Patrick Leahy (D), on DOMA, but also noted that Sanrs had “prevly voiced support for gay marriage laws passed this sprg” Vermont and New Fact Checker ntacted the thor of the article, John P. We n fd no evince of “outspoken” support before the law was passed — a procs that started 2007 — eher news clips or his Senate office prs statements mataed on the WayBack, a noted Vermont polil wrer, the late Peter Freyne, wrote 2000 that Sanrs served the “Wishy-Washy Award hands down” for his “refully crafted non-statement statement” on whether the Vermont legislature should craft a law that permted civil unns for homosexuals.
“Obtag Congrsman Bernie Sanrs’ posn on the gay marriage issue was like pullg teeth…om a rhoceros, ” Freyne said after the Vermont Supreme Court urged the Vermont legislature to draft a law. ”In 2006, when Sanrs first ran for the Senate, he said that the state was not ready for gay marriage, given the fact that the civil-unn law had ed so much polil ntroversy after was approved.
In an Associated Prs article about Sanrs’ opposn to a nstutnal amendment prohibg gay marriage, he was asked whether Vermont should legalize full marriage rights for same-sex upl.
THIS CLIP OF BERNIE SANRS DOWNPLAYG THREATS TO GAY MARRIAGE AND ABORTN HASN’T AGED WELL
26 terview wh MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Sanrs acknowledged he urged a go-slow approach on gay marriage: “There were anti-civil unn monstratns.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
”In an terview wh NBC News, Evan Wolfson, the founr and print of pro-gay-marriage group Freedom to Marry, said that Sanrs has exaggerated his rerd on gay marriage.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
We n fd ltle evince he was an “outspoken proponent” of or ahead of the crowd on eher Vermont’s 2000 civil-unn law or the 2009 gay-marriage law, though we would wele more evince ncerng his ntemporaneo statements and n adjt this ratg if more PocchsSend facts to check by fillg out this formFollow The Fact Checker on Twter and iend on Facebook.
LGBTQ Valu Are Fay Valu: Bernie supported gay marriage long before was polilly expedient to do so, and also supports gay adoptn.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, allowed gays and lbians to serve the ary only if they stayed the closet and weren’t open about their sexual orientatn. In 1996, Bernie voted agast the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) law, which fed marriage as between one man and one woman, and nied feral benefs to gay spo. The discrimatory legacy of DOMA ntued until 2015, when the sectn of DOMA that allowed stat to ban gay marriage was led unnstnal and same-sex marriage was legalized.