2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: SLATE: Bernie Sanders Claims He’s a Longtime Champion of Marriage Equality. [View all]SunSeeker
(58,411 posts)You dishonestly claim claim "Hillary asserted states' rights" when she did no such thing. She never even used the term, which has a very specific legal meaning and historical connotations. The title of the exchange does not appear to be her words, but the site author's title of the exchange: "Let states & cities determine local gun laws." Either way, that line does not amount to "invoking states' rights." States rights' implies limitations on federal government authority, which is not what Hillary said.
Sanders on the other hand explicitly invoked "states' rights" to attack the Brady Bill. I consider the Brady Bill a civil rights bill. I consider my right not to be shot to death a civil right.
And if Hillary was a "bigot" for supporting civil unions over same sex marriage, then so was Sanders, since he supported civil unions, like she did, before similarly evolving.