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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amen. Sorry I'm a 1990s democrat when that meant you believe in free speech, education, infrastructure, and gay marriage. I never signed up for holding hands and singing Kumbaya with violent criminals and handing out awards to carjackers and drug dealers. I was told by GW Bush in the 2000s that if I question any policies, I hate America. Now I am being told by democrats if I question any policies, I hate black people. The left wing can F off, they have become a parody of themselves. I will not vote a republican but I also can't in good conscience vote a democrat into office either. Pathetic[/quote]

I was a Democrat in the 1990s (I am still a Democrat). Being a Democrat in the 1990s did not mean that you believed in gay marriage; it meant that you [u]opposed[/u] gay marriage. The Defense of Marriage Act passed in 1996 by 342-67 in the House and 85-14 in the Senate (Biden voted for it), and it was signed by President Bill Clinton.

So I'm not very worried about anything else you say.

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[b]There were too many votes for Clinton to veto it.[/b] DOMA was signed mostly to prevent a constitutional amendment which was still a step in the right direction to LGBT rights. [/quote]

Why were there too many votes for Clinton to veto it? Because most Democrats in the House and Senate voted for it. People shouldn't try to retcon general support for gay marriage back into the 1990s.[/quote]

Politics are nuanced, it's not always as it seems. It was passed because they knew if they did not pass it the R were going to go for a full amendment.

It was actually a step in the right direction, but it's hard to understand that with a 2023 view of it.

Clinton signed it at night, no pictures of the signing and the pens were destroyed. That's how much he supported it.

Ds went on over the next 5 years to slowly put protections in place that lead up to the Repect for marriage act.

It was also in the middle of the AIDs crisis and R were demonizing gay people... just like they did to the chinese with COVID, same playbook.

Siging that bill made it possible to get more funding for HIV, pass a federal hate crime for LGBT people, banning discrimination based on sex orientation.

We are talking about a time where Republicans beating and killing gay people. Mathew Sheppard happened at this time. [/quote]

It was certainly hard to understand with a [b]1996[/b] view of it. Don't rewrite history.[/quote]

Nothing is rewritten educate yourself. You can’t turn to fast or you will spin out of control.[/quote]

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