Without naming them, Bernie Sanders knocks Clintons on DOMA

[leftcoastmountains]

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“In 1996, I faced another fork in the road — another very, very difficult political situation,” Sanders will say. “It was called the Defense of Marriage Act — DOMA — brought forth by a Republican-led Congress. And its purpose was clear: to discriminate against gays and lesbians into law. Let us remember, that support for gay and lesbian rights were not popular then as they are now.”

Calling the vote not “politically easy,” he went on to say that “today, some are trying to rewrite history by saying they voted for one anti-gay law to stop something worse.”

“That’s not the case,” Sanders said. “There was a small minority opposed to discriminating against our gay brothers and sisters, and I am proud that I was one of those members.”

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[JDPriestly]

1. K&R.

[appalachiablue]

2. Yep, Bernie's right. Feel the Bern!

[Robbins]

3. I loved this

we all know who he was refearing to when he said some are trying to rewrite history.

We need real leaders who will lead.that isn't clintons.it is bernie.he fought for gays when it wasn't popular to do so.

[DrBulldog]

4. Bernie's speech tonight lit up the Huffington Post!

Go check it out. And note the standing ovation he got from the entire audience at the end.

And what about Hillary's speech?

Well, I am still searching to find more than a few blah-blah-blah quotes in a few places ... there's a video, of course, where she wanders all over the political universe railing about Republicans without saying anything concrete, but so far there has been practically no significant news coverage on it.