I remember the push to pass the amendment. (Reply #35)

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Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:47 PM

Beacool (29,696 posts)

35. I remember the push to pass the amendment.

It was a weird time. After having Reagan for so many years, many in DC treated Bill as illegitimate. As if he hadn't won the WH in a legitimate election. They hated him and Hillary too.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Bill Clinton: It's time to overturn DOMA [View all]	JackBeck	Mar 2013	OP
Good for him	dsc	Mar 2013	#1
I have a feeling this is going to help. A lot.	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#2
I am cautiously optimistic	dsc	Mar 2013	#4
The key is if they rule that LGBT people are subjected to discrimination	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#5
I don't know	dsc	Mar 2013	#7
If DOMA goes away	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#9
my state offers no rights at all	dsc	Mar 2013	#10
Everything is pure speculation at this point.	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#12
In my state being gay is a criminal offense and they just voted to keep it illegal. Kansas. n/t	RKP5637	Mar 2013	#40
Unfortunately, it is not that easy.	Ms. Toad	Mar 2013	#13
For obvious reasons, since we are still in discovery, I won't go into too much detail.	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#15
We tried to get them involved from the beginning -	Ms. Toad	Mar 2013	#18
Courageous of Clinton to call himself out for an error of judgment as well	alcibiades_mystery	Mar 2013	#3
Did he file an amicus brief with the court?	blueclown	Mar 2013	#6
This -	Ms. Toad	Mar 2013	#8
And to bring Ricky Ray Rector back to life (nt)	Nye Bevan	Mar 2013	#11
DOMA is an obscene thing that never should of been passed.	Nika	Mar 2013	#14
+1, n/t	RKP5637	Mar 2013	#41
I highly doubt they could have passed a constitutional amendment banning it in the 90's.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#16
Do you at least accept his apology?	Lordquinton	Mar 2013	#20
I'm not the target audience of the apology.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#22
How about how he admitted his wrong doing?	Lordquinton	Mar 2013	#23
I have to consider that	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#34
The road to hell is paved with good intentions	Lordquinton	Mar 2013	#46
Were you old enough to be around in the 90s?	Beacool	Mar 2013	#30
Sure, I remember them throwing out a Surgeon General for suggesting masturbation might	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#33
I remember the push to pass the amendment.	Beacool	Mar 2013	#35
I am very glad to see this.	DURHAM D	Mar 2013	#17
Never looked at it like that...	Agschmid	Mar 2013	#21
It was about reelection and his LGBT advisor at the time agrees.	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#25
I urge everyone to read the whole article.	DURHAM D	Mar 2013	#29
You are engaging and aiding in Clinton revisionist history.	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#42
+1 for President Clinton's support	Politicub	Mar 2013	#19
Kick!	Heidi	Mar 2013	#24
Then why did he sign it in the first place?	Myrina	Mar 2013	#26
The threat of a Constitutional amendment was huge back then.	Jamastiene	Mar 2013	#28
Agree. DOMA was the lesser of two evils. nt	DURHAM D	Mar 2013	#31
Evan Wolfson claims that no one was talking about a Constitutional amendment back in 1996.	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#49
+1 to President Bill and Hillary Clinton and President Obama	graham4anything	Mar 2013	#27
Thank you for saying it, president Clinton.	Beacool	Mar 2013	#32
Bill Clinton touted DOMA and encouraged Kerry to throw gays under the bus.	AtomicKitten	Mar 2013	#36
Yup. Interesting that nobody in GLBT has yet started a thread	closeupready	Mar 2013	#37
Discrimination is wrong... Glad that this is being addressed that this law creates a barrier to	midnight	Mar 2013	#38
K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! n/t	RKP5637	Mar 2013	#39
Vy magnanimous of WJC, after destroying lives for 17 years, dontcha think???	blkmusclmachine	Mar 2013	#43
Better late than never, I suppose.	Laelth	Mar 2013	#44
An "I admit I was wrong to ever sign the damn thing" would help, too.	Ken Burch	Mar 2013	#45
It is long past time to overturn this piece of election-year pandering.	hughee99	Mar 2013	#47
Elizabeth Birch, former head of Human Rights Campaign:	JackBeck	Mar 2013	#48

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