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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Is Only Major Candidate to Sit Out Both LGBTQ Events [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)74. To a point. He's certainly evolved on Marriage equality when it proved prudent to do so.
He voted against DOMA because he thought it was a "states rights issue."
His wife and chief of staff Jane Sanders told an Associated Press reporter in July of 1996 that he opposed the law because it weakened the section of the Constitution that says states must respect laws that are made in other states.
Were not legislating values. We have to follow the Constitution, Jane Sanders said. And anything that weakens the Constitution should be (addressed) by a constitutional amendment, not by a law passed by Congress.
Were not legislating values. We have to follow the Constitution, Jane Sanders said. And anything that weakens the Constitution should be (addressed) by a constitutional amendment, not by a law passed by Congress.
In 2006, when the Bush White House proposed an amendment to the Constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman, Sanders spoke out against the Republican plan, saying it was designed to divide the American people.
But when Sanders was asked by a reporter whether Vermont should legalize same-sex marriage, he said no. Not right now, not after what we went through, he said.
But when Sanders was asked by a reporter whether Vermont should legalize same-sex marriage, he said no. Not right now, not after what we went through, he said.
2006 was the year he first ran for Senate.
https://time.com/4089946/bernie-sanders-gay-marriage/
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Bernie Sanders Is Only Major Candidate to Sit Out Both LGBTQ Events [View all]
George II
Sep 2019
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Is that tour going to last for three weeks? The second event that he's skipping is Oct 10.....
George II
Sep 2019
#30
That's the eve of "National Coming Out Day" that people may have heard of before.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#42
Add them to the list with PP, the Black Congressional Caucus and the Working Families Party...
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#72
Why is Bernie, always portrayed in a negative light, when so many of his ideas, like MFA...
JoeOtterbein
Sep 2019
#7
Maybe the reason it didn't get enough votes was the same as why Vermont's Green Mountain Care
betsuni
Sep 2019
#26
I'm sure if you did some research you'd see why it, and others for many decades, didn't get passed.
George II
Sep 2019
#34
A universal health care bill was first introduced in the House back in 1943 by John Dingell Sr....
George II
Sep 2019
#33
None of BS's ideas are his own.. some of them have existed since the 40's
BlueMississippi
Sep 2019
#45
That's how many of us feel about the way other progressive candidates have been treated
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#73
Well I didn't see Beto mentioned so I guess he doesn't care either. Really people, campaigns have
vsrazdem
Sep 2019
#12
Must see video: Bernie defends gays in military against homophobic slurs on house floor in 1995
jg10003
Sep 2019
#28
Thanks and I really don't get it he has history going far back and has been speaking about
lunasun
Sep 2019
#37
Yes, absences are absences. Some pols have even shown up with walking pneumonia. (nt)
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#71
A gay rights support quota doesn't exist. Just because he supports the community doesn't
Politicub
Sep 2019
#49
To a point. He's certainly evolved on Marriage equality when it proved prudent to do so.
ehrnst
Sep 2019
#74
BS can't even get AA and POC to attend a rally at a BLACK church in a MAJORITY BLACK city.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#53
I know, right? It's as if some politicians have a perfunctory attitude about these things.
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#60
Nobody is saying that. But the candidates are making it very clear what their priorities are...
NurseJackie
Sep 2019
#69
His LGBTQ record in Congress (House and Senate) has been abysmal bordering on non-existent.
George II
Sep 2019
#77