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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]He specifically said he would "strongly consider" choosing Supreme Court nominees that would support overturning marriage rights. [/b]He has said he would sign the First Amendment Defense Act, which is specifically designed to legalize discrimination against gays, even without a conflicting religious belief. He's vowed to overturn Obama's executive order protecting trans people from discrimination.

He frames the whole thing as a "state's rights" issue, that these matters should be decided by the states rather than at the federal level. The problem is, that's not how it works for fundamental rights. Fundamental rights are specifically supposed to be protected at the federal Constitutional level because they are supposed to be inviolable and not subject to the whims of a state's citizens. Thus, when he says he would seek to overturn all of those things and leave it to the states, what he's really saying is that gay people shouldn't have rights, they should just have whatever favors their states decide to grant them.[/quote]
The best actual that has been bent several different ways, including by Hillary, about the issue.

http://www.snopes.com/trump-plans-reverse-marriage-equality-elected-president/[/quote]

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