SLATE: Bernie Sanders Claims He’s a Longtime Champion of Marriage Equality.

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159. Another Catch 22 moving goalposts

It's funny that when Sanders does things that go against the conventional wisdom, he's branded as a wild-eyed fringe radica who couldn't possibly get elected because he a RED who is TOO FAR LEFT.

Bu when he takes positions that are clearly progressive, but are within the general parameters of the debate at the time, he is a sellout and a liar and a hypocrite.

Overall, Sanders was way ahead of almost every other politician on the issue of full LGBT rights, including marriage. He DID stand against DOMA when otehr politicians -- including HRC -- were saying "No,no,no that goes against the Bible."

At time when Sanders made that statement on the video, he was totally on the more supportive progressive side of the issue. That was a time when civvil unions were still controversial and gay marriage had been considered a longer range goal in the distant future on a national level until Massachusetts opened the door -- and the gradual state by state adoption seemed like the most realistic path to many. And courts seemed to be the most likely avenue to support that.

So, although he was not banging the tale for same-sex marriage, Sanders was clearly being pragmatic and pushing in that diretion.







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