Posted on 02/26/2021 5:57:54 PM PST by Libloather
"My gut reaction," Joe Biden reportedly declared in 1973, "is that they [homosexuals] are security risks, but I must admit I haven't given this much thought…I’ll be darned!’”
He made that remark during a meeting with constituents, concerning the issue of gay people working in the federal government, according to a local news article unearthed last year by The Washington Free Beacon.
As the nation celebrates Pride Month, that comment from Biden's first year in the U.S. Senate, and other previous remarks, stand in stark contrast to more recent positions and the image the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is now presenting concerning his gay rights record.
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In 1993, Biden ended up backing legislation with a provision codifying a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy concerning gays in the military. The backstory is nuanced, however. He had voted for an amendment that would remove that policy, but then supported the overall bill to authorize military funding after the amendment failed. The campaign has noted he spoke in support of gay people in the military at the time.
In 1994, according to The Associated Press, Biden joined other senators in voting to "cut off federal funds to any school district that teaches acceptance of homosexuality as a lifestyle."
Reiterating his support for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 2004, Biden stated, "This has long been a state issue, and it should remain that way." Biden would later vote for the law, which defined marriage as between men and women for federal purposes, and explicitly permitted states to refuse to recognize same-sex unions in other states.
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Hold on. This is the same Joe Biden whose old man was constantly lecturing him about validity of homosexual love every time they saw two dudes together in Wilmington ???
Eric Swallwell isn’t a security risk then who is?
“Biden’s past rhetoric on gay rights could complicate LGBT claims on campaign trail”
How so, when the MSM will pretend it never happened?
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