Hillary Clinton Will Be a Sharp Contrast to GOP on LGBT Equality

[DemocratSinceBirth]

With Hillary Clinton's entrance into the race for president, the Republican field now has a Democrat to contrast with on LGBT equality.

Clinton officially announced her bid today with a video released online shortly after 3 p.m. Eastern. It features a diverse group of people making changes in their lives, including a male couple about to be married. A female couple is also included in the video (watch below).

The video was released shortly after her campaign chairman, John Podesta, sent an email to donors and Clinton associates confirming her candidacy, The New York Times reports. He said she will soon meet with voters in Iowa and will have a formal kickoff event next month.

On the Republican side, only Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have officially declared their candidacies, and both oppose marriage equality and more. Paul said in March that same-sex couples shouldn't get to use the word "marriage" because it "offends myself and a lot of people," and Cruz used his very first campaign stop to rile up the crowd against "the radical gay marriage agenda," then on Thursday he warned of the gay "jihad" against religious freedom.


http://www.advocate.com/politics/election/2015/04/12/hillary-clinton-will-be-sharp-contrast-gop-lgbt-equality

[hrmjustin]

1. As a gay man I am proud to suppirt Hillary.

I marched with her in the 2001 pride parade

[NYC_SKP]

2. Any Good Democrat will likewise advocate for LGBT Equality.

We need that and we need economic reparations for transgression of four of the past five administrations.

I'll give Obama a pass as he was busy saving this economy from the prior four presidents, who advocated for trickle-down.

[ALBliberal]

3. President Clinton did not advocate trickle down nt

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Hopefully the days of "triangulating" with regards to LGBT equality has ended with democrats.

Now, it won't be a matter of "will they" be supportive, but to what levels will they go.