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berniepdx420

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33. This is a thinly veiled failed attempt at a hit piece...

Reply to dbackjon (Original post)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:54 AM

Feb 2016

DU readers... read the article... it's a bait and switch on critical points throughout... weak and misleading at best... and against such a thoughtful consistent kind human like Bernie... desperation from the establishment/Clintons

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Bernie Sanders 2006 - I oppose Gay Marriage [View all] dbackjon Feb 2016 OP

Read your own quote nichomachus Feb 2016 #1

They both evolved dbackjon Feb 2016 #2

That is false. Fearless Feb 2016 #12

"not right now" is very different from "never, because marriage is between man and woman" Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #7

Thanks for posting this dlwickham Feb 2016 #3

Did he actually state what your title indicates that he said? If so, can you provide link, please? xocet Feb 2016 #4

It's right there in the OP dbackjon Feb 2016 #5

Sorry. That is not what the text in the OP reads. Please provide a link to Sen. Sanders saying xocet Feb 2016 #6

Did he say "Marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman." Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 #8

It's right there in the link dbackjon Feb 2016 #9

He DID NOT. He supported PRESERVING MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN MASSACHUSETTS Fearless Feb 2016 #11

States rights is a right wing argument dbackjon Feb 2016 #14

States rights is the argument the LGBT movement used to protect itself Fearless Feb 2016 #16

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #21

This is false. Fearless Feb 2016 #24

Unfortunately it is your argument that is hard to understand, because it doesn't hold up. highprincipleswork Feb 2016 #28

So because "States Rights" are bad, we should let the feds arrest medical & recreational pot smokers Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #29

Jesus fucking Christ how many times do I have to explain this fucking statement??? Fearless Feb 2016 #10

You were clueless you have no idea what was going on into thousand six we'd already gotten married t dbackjon Feb 2016 #20

That is false. Fearless Feb 2016 #23

I was opposed to DOMA, having helped organize just a few years before Bohunk68 Feb 2016 #34

Does it matter that much when people "evolved?" Bagsgroove Feb 2016 #13

And that was my point dbackjon Feb 2016 #15

Bernie did not oppose equal rights for lgbters. Fearless Feb 2016 #17

He most certainly did dbackjon Feb 2016 #19

False. Fearless Feb 2016 #25

Seems to me that's not the question. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 #18

I'm mostly with you here, I think Bagsgroove Feb 2016 #22

The latter quotation comes from a debate he had in Vermont and his response given Fearless Feb 2016 #26

I miss Unrec n/t Hydra Feb 2016 #27

That's what I was just about to post. Hissyspit Feb 2016 #30

Perhaps you didn't notice HassleCat Feb 2016 #31

Pushing this garbage spin again I see m-lekktor Feb 2016 #32

This is a thinly veiled failed attempt at a hit piece... berniepdx420 Feb 2016 #33

Wow. 33 replies. I haven't seen this sleepy little nook get so worked up since.... Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 #35

This type of lying revisionist history is just makes me and my generation (X/Y) support Bernie more LostOne4Ever Feb 2016 #36