2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In 1993 over 50% of states had amendments banning sam sex marriage. And i remember [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)could be making and instead type juvenile name calling in discussions about the rights of minorities. Pure class.
I note that none of you have the ability to contextualize the times preceding DOMA, to the point that none of you seem to understand that part of the reason Clinton got so much pressure around LGBT issues is that he tried to do the right things and in many cases did. Bill followed two Republicans who had basically ignored the AIDS crisis, tens of thousands were dying each year in the US. Clinton doubled funding and many other things. 1996 we got DOMA. 1996 was also the first year that AIDS deaths decreased instead of increasing, people started living longer and infection rates began to decline.
So DOMA aside 1996 was a year of victory. Yeah. But these Hillary boosters affecting great concern about the issues and the times can't even manage to make those arguments and that says much.
How many times will Straight DUers discuss LGBT issues in the 90's without mentioning AIDS? As many times as it serves them to do so, that's how many.