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dsc

(52,147 posts)
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 09:59 PM Oct 2016

Hillary's gay 'nephew' speaks out

http://www.thegailygrind.com/2016/10/14/hillarys-gay-nephew-breaks-silence-aunt-hillary-helped-come/

How does Hillary Clinton really feel about gay people?

Given that she became a supporter of equal marriage only a few years back and that she supported her husband’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy, many have questioned where she truly stands on matters of importance to our community.

What we don’t often get to see, however, is the personal side of this conversation. But now Clinton’s ‘gay nephew’ is speaking out to paint a fuller picture of his “Aunt Hillary”.

Colin Ebeling is the son of Clinton’s childhood best friend, Betsy. The women met as sixth graders in Park Ridge, Illinois and graduated high school together in 1965. They remained close friends over the years and Clinton even spoke at Colin’s high school graduation.

In a Facebook post with over 5,000 shares already, Colin, a filmmaker, said that Clinton was very supportive of his sexuality and that she “congratulated me when I came out of the closet, when I got my pilot’s license, when I married my husband and when we adopted our baby girl.”
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dsc

(52,147 posts)
4. He is doing no worse among gays than Romney or McCain did
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 10:17 PM
Oct 2016

and the split is about 3 to 1 in favor of Democrats.

JI7

(89,239 posts)
11. he mostly "defends" gays in order to attack muslims . but this is one area where Cruz
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:17 AM
Oct 2016

was a lot worse on so that's why it doesn't stand out as other things.

but he does support many laws which would deny lgbt rights. but he thinks lgbt should be happy he doesn't want them killed.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
9. I hope he and his husband treat their daughter's birth mother with respect.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:08 AM
Oct 2016

I hope they have an open adoption.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
17. It came from my desire to speak out for the rights and dignity of first mothers and first families.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:15 PM
Oct 2016

And I meant exactly what I said. I hope their daughter also has her mother in her life.

And I hope they don't do what adoptive parents have been known to do, which is act is if they saved the child from a lesser life. Most birth mothers love their children very much and desperately wish that they could be raising them.

Adoption does not provide a better life. It provides a different life.

Hekate

(90,538 posts)
10. This is truly heartwarming
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:55 AM
Oct 2016

I will treasure this in my heart when I hear the pundits go on yet again about how she's "too private" and similar crap.

To Colin and Aunt Hillary!

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