Should we disqualify politicians who had to "evolve" on marriage equality? [View all]
It's only recently that I heard about Hillary's difficult interview with Terry Gross on Clinton's "evolution" on marriage eaqaulty and I think about my journey. I grew up in a Midwestern, fundamentalist Christian household where the only reaction to the 1989 San Francisco earthquake was that it was "God sending a message about those gays". And, as an impressionable kid, my opinion mirrored those of my parents. But I grew up, went to college, got a job, moved to California, got another job, met my life partner, had a kid and here I am today. Am I disqualified? Sometimes we forget, or some of us may not even old enough to realize, how far the country really has come. We gone from clubs being raided by police in the 70's to where the national Republicans are even conceding that marriage equality will no longer be an issue. I hope we are mature enough to cut our pro-LGBT politicians some slack.
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