Ten Years Ago Today, Senator Paul Wellstone Died

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20. Let me put it this way. Nothing he did could balance the wrong he did with DOMA

nor his continued support of that vote. I am not from MN, so I became aware of him when he voted for DOMA, that is when he voted that my community must never, ever be given any family rights, no matter what the States vote to do, not just marriage but anything that is 'like marriage'. For me, that defined the man.
Let me put it this way. His other accomplishments are darkly covered by his right wing vote against human rights, Wellstone felt his kind were superior to my kind, he felt we should not have equal rights or family rights of any kind. In any State. Never, ever.
Or I can put it this way: when a Democrat votes against my basic human rights, I do not give a shit what else he did. If that offends you, again, I don't care.
He voted that millions of Americans must be denied basic equal rights. That is a huge stain on any record if you ask me. Nothing mitigates nor excuses such an action.