2012 presidential general election, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California’s Proposition 8, the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional. In February and March 2012, Washington and Maryland became the seventh and eighth states to legalize same-sex marriage. And in May 2012, while running for a second term, President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage.
The LGBTQ rights landscape was quite different in 2016. Same-sex marriage became legal throughout the country on June 26, 2015. On that day the Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The court held that same-sex marriage is protected under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
This is what Trump said. Does that sound like a man campaigning on changing the law on marriage?
On the topic of same-sex marriage, Trump stated in June 2015 that he was “for traditional marriage” but in 2013 stated, “I think I’m evolving, and I think I’m a very fair person, but I have been for traditional marriage.
Gaslighting again to suggest Trump campaigned on changing the law when he clearly said he was for traditional marriage not that he would fight to overturn the law.
“Mr. Trump is not as embracing of gay rights as the Democratic candidates are; he said during this campaign that he believes that marriage is between a man and a woman, a position he has held since at least 2000, when he briefly flirted with a bid for the presidency. But he does not emphasize marriage as an issue, and he makes no mention of it, for example, on his campaign website, which focuses on issues like immigration and trade.”
I’ve already posted this, which you ignored. There’s plenty more out there as well:
Trump hopes for reversal on same-sex-marriage
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/donald-trump-iowa-caucuses-marriage-218471
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage and hopes that it could be changed in the future.
HE LIED.