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Hillary Clinton

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1. Both of our Dem candidates had to evolve on marriage equality.

Reply to yallerdawg (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 02:17 PM

Feb 2016

Sanders signed a defense of marriage style proclamation as mayor of Burlington and in 2006 chided the LGBT activists that Vermont was not ready for marriage equality and should go with civil unions instead.

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Dan Savage says..."Get over it, dammit!" [View all] yallerdawg Feb 2016 OP

Both of our Dem candidates had to evolve on marriage equality. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #1

Dan Savage again: yallerdawg Feb 2016 #3

"It's political malpractice" pandr32 Feb 2016 #2

Glad to see him speaking out ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #4

Wow. I usually consider Savage a real doosh. OK, good on him. K&R fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #5

They kicked him off MSNBC a while back. yallerdawg Feb 2016 #6

I sure you're not that far off. I feel completely abandoned by tv news. fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #8

This LGBT agrees! obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #7