Is Bernie Sanders the Most LGBT-Friendly Candidate?

[MannyGoldstein]

Is Bernie Sanders the Most LGBT-Friendly Candidate?

But Sanders has also been a steadfast and reliable supporter of LGBT equality, supporting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act when it passed the Senate in 2013 and even calling on President Obama to evolve already and support marriage equality in 2011. He's a cosponsor of the federal LGBT-inclusive Student Non-Discrimination Act and has consistently voted against bills seeking to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage, while cosponsoring a bill that would repeal the remaining portions of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. Sanders has a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's latest Congressional Equality Index.

Sanders used Twitter to highlight that long-standing support Monday, just one day before the Supreme Court heard arguments on marriage equality. That comment included an overt reference to Clinton — albeit to the former president and not the current presidential hopeful:

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. HOw great is it that ALL dem candidates support LGBT and ALL repubs DONT

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. We have 18 months to go

Let the pandering begin!

Frothy mix is already outta the gate:

Rick Santorum on Bruce Jenner: ‘If He Says He’s a Woman, Then He’s a Woman’

http://time.com/3844757/rick-santorum-bruce-jenner-lgbt-transgender/