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Hillary Clinton

yallerdawg

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3. Dan Savage again:

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:39 PM

Feb 2016

He also notes that Obama (and many Democrats) once defended the sanctity of marriage as between a man and a woman, just like Clinton did. And he points out that, in 2006, Sanders said that his home state of Vermont should not try to upgrade gay civil unions to actual marriages.

“So!” he concludes. “Sanders and Clinton—neither one was always perfect on marriage. But they’re both on our side now.”

I grew up in Texas. I have seen real evolution on this subject firsthand!

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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