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26. All you need to do to get an answer to that question is to look at his record. Eg, on LGBT rights he

Wed May 27, 2015, 12:00 AM

May 2015

was supporting Gay Marriage before it was even being talked about. He never had to 'evolve' on the rights of the LGBT community, he may be one of the most supportive members of Congress re Gay rights we have had for decades.

He marched with MLK while he was a college student and was actively involved in promoting Civil Rights during that time and since then.

I am not certain about this, but I believe he was in Selma for the anniversary of the march, have to double check on that.

Iow, his record on all the minorities you mentioned, including women's rights, is stellar and goes back decades.

In fact I would say he was way, way ahead of his time on Civil Rights for all Americans and had to wait for some of our other Dems to catch up, which airc, has been fairly recently, AFTER it became 'politically viable'.

If only the rest of our Representatives had been as supportive of all those groups, they might not have to wait so long to be treated as equal citizens of this country.

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