Hillary Clinton responds to Jim Obergefell's endorsement today

[moobu2]

"Jim made history and changed America for the better by fighting for marriage equality all the way to the Supreme Court," Clinton said. "There are still too many places where LGBT Americans are targeted for harassment and violence, and there are too many young people uncertain and scared of what their future might hold. Right now in America, you can get married on Saturday and be fired from your job on Monday just because of who you love. I see the injustices that are happening in our country, and that is why I'm committed to working with Jim and others to end discrimination against the LGBT community once and for all."

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/lead_scotus_marriage_plaintiff_jim_obergefell_endorses_hillary_clinton

[Cha]

1. Wonderful News that Jim Obergefell is supporting Hillary, moobu. Thank you for her statement!

Obergefell introduces Obama at fundraiser

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/09/28/obergefell-introduces-obama-fundraiser/72959354/

Supreme Court gay marriage plaintiff Jim Obergefell backs Hillary Clinton for president

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/11/supreme_court_plaintiff_jim_ob.html

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. KICK AND RECOMMEND

[NurseJackie]

6. My favorite earworm!!

[Skidmore]

3. Yay! K&R

[sheshe2]

4. K&R

[Cha]

11. Jim's just not feelin the bern.. and all that anti-Hillary propaganda is just not phasing Mr

Obergefell, she!

And, he's in Ohio!



Obergefell introduces Obama at fundraiser

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/09/28/obergefell-introduces-obama-fundraiser/72959354/

Supreme Court gay marriage plaintiff Jim Obergefell backs Hillary Clinton for president

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/11/supreme_court_plaintiff_jim_ob.html

[sheshe2]

19. Lol~

Jim Obergefell is not feeling the Bern.

That is a beautiful image, Cha.

[Cha]

20. #LoveWins, she!

[sheshe2]

21. Who knew when a person of color...

became our President, that the White House would be ablaze with so much life and so many rich colors. I love that image Cha!

I love this President~

[Cha]

23. We have been so fortunate to have President Obama, she! That's why bernie and all those

who willfully, ignorantly dissed him all those years have my undying contempt.

[sheshe2]

28. They have my undying contempt as well, Cha.

Hugs~

[Cha]

31. Bacatcha~

she~

[NurseJackie]

5. Wonderful!!!

[George II]

7. Another key endorsement. Excellent!

[riversedge]

8. Wonderful. Thanks for your post

[mcar]

9. K&R

[Beacool]

10. Nice endorsement.

[EEO]

12. And Hillary did not fight for marriage equality until it was politically expedient.

[moobu2]

13. Neither did Bernie Sanders.

Bernie said he thought it was a states rights issue. Anyway, we aren't electing a saint, we're electing a political representative, and I would rather have someone who can grow and change with new information than someone like Bernie Sanders who's unchanging and ideologically rigid.

[Cha]

15. Right, bernie "evolved" on that, too.. his fans just won't admit it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=818790

[Cha]

14. And? bernie's the one who said otherwise.. "Bernie Sanders Claims He’s a Longtime Champion of

Marriage Equality. It’s Just Not True."

snip//

And as recently as 2006, Sanders opposed marriage equality for his adopted home state of Vermont. The senator may have evolved earlier than his primary opponents. But the fact remains that, in the critical early days of the modern marriage equality movement, Sanders was neutral at best and hostile at worst.

Ten years later, Sanders took a similarly cautious approach to same-sex marriage. In 2006, he took a stand against same-sex marriage in Vermont, stating that he instead endorsed civil unions. Sanders told reporters that he was “comfortable” with civil unions, not full marriage equality. (To justify his stance, Sanders complained that a battle for same-sex marriage would be too “divisive.”) At the time, he also opposed a federal anti-gay-marriage amendment—but so did his Republican opponent for the Senate seat, Richard Tarrant, who also supported civil unions. With a wide lead in the polls and little at stake, Sanders declined to differentiate himself from his opponent by taking the lead on gay rights.

Earlier in his political career, Sanders was even more indifferent toward gay rights: As mayor of Burlington in 1990, Sanders told an interviewer that LGBT rights were not a “major priority” for him. Asked if he would support a bill to protect gays from job discrimination, Sanders responded, “probably not.” That was 25 years ago. Sanders has, no doubt, come a long way since then: The senator endorsed Vermont’s successful Marriage Equality Act in 2009 and has cheered the Supreme Court’s marriage rulings. And he is co-sponsoring the Equality Act, a sweeping federal LGBT rights bill that advocacy groups place high on their post-marriage agenda.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/10/05/bernie_sanders_on_marriage_equality_he_s_no_longtime_champion.html

[Ned_Devine]

16. These types of response posts are pointless. You're not going to change anyone's mind

We have our celebratory posts for when something good happens and they have theirs. Pointing out flaws in each other's candidate in a congratulatory thread only irritates the people celebrating.

[ejbr]

24. +1 n/t

[jberryhill]

26. No politician did - It wasn't elected officials who got this done

It was lawyers.

[SunSeeker]

17. K & R

[ismnotwasm]

18. K&R

[FSogol]

22. Wait a minute, wasn't Obergefell the bad guy in the new James Bond movie?

[Cha]

33. Yeah and here he is with President Obama

Obergefell introduces Obama at fundraiser

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/09/28/obergefell-introduces-obama-fundraiser/72959354/

Supreme Court gay marriage plaintiff Jim Obergefell backs Hillary Clinton for president

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2015/11/supreme_court_plaintiff_jim_ob.html

[Agschmid]

25. Kick.

[William769]

27. Kick & highly recommended!

[misterhighwasted]

29. K & R

[greatlaurel]

30. Kicked and recommended

Good for Mr. Obergefell.

[Sheepshank]

32. What a very cool endorsement

This mean so very much. I hope no one impunes this guys research, intelligence or claim he has StockholmSyndrome.

[oasis]

34. K&R

[brooklynite]

35. How thoughtless of him...

...hasn't someone told him that she's just pandering to the LGBT community, and that only Bernie Sanders represents his interests?