Christine Quinn on Hillary Clinton & Marriage Equality-HRC Room

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2. The Clintons have a real record.

When President Clinton took office, his first legislation was "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." He was vilified by the right. Maybe today people don't recall how divisive just that action was. And now, under the next Democratic president, we are close to national marriage equality!

While the movement toward equality in the LGBT community has moved rapidly over these last few years, we have never had a major party candidate on the ballot for president of the United States who was willing to state so unequivocally her support for marriage equality, long before any votes were cast or elections were won. When Hillary Clinton receives the Democratic nomination, she will not only be the first woman to receive a major party nomination for president of the United States, she will be the first major party nominee to publicly articulate that position before she assumes office. And as a gay American, who has fought for women’s rights and LGBT rights my entire life, I couldn’t be more proud.