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Hillary Clinton Hopes Supreme Court Will Okay Same-Sex Marriage
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| April 15, 2015
| JOHN BURGER
Posted on 04/16/2015 1:09:38 PM PDT by NYer
Barack Obama paved the way, and now Hillary too has "evolved" on the position of redefining marriage to include two persons of the same sex.
"Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right," Adrienne Elrod, a Clinton spokeswoman, said in a statement, CNN reported.
Clinton, like Obama, opposed same-sex "marriage" in 2008, the last time she made a run for the White House. She supported the idea of civil unions instead and did not proclaim her personal support for same-sex "marriage" until she retired as Secretary of State in 2013.
During a 2014 interview with National Public Radio, Clinton said she always viewed marriage as "a matter left to the states and in many of the conversations I and my colleagues and supporters had, I fully endorse the efforts by activists to work state-by-state," CNN said.
After a handful of questions on the topic, [NPR Host Terry] Gross said she was just trying to "clarify" whether Clinton had changed her opinion on the matter or whether the political winds on the issue had shifted, allowing Democrats' 2016 presidential frontrunner to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.
Clinton pushed back on the question, telling Gross, "No, I don't think you are trying to clarify. I think you are trying to say that I used to be opposed and now I am in favor and I did it for political reason and that is just flat wrong."
Clinton's argued that for the four years she served as secretary of state, she was "out of domestic politics" and not in a position to back same-sex marriage. She moved on the issue later than many Democrats, though, including President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Her timing, however, raised some skepticism. Ryan T. Anderson, co-author of
What is Marriage, for example, tweeted, "If the Constitution really requires states to redefine marriage, @HillaryClinton would have known so and said so long ago. Y silent til now?"
Barack Obama paved the way, and now Hillary too has "evolved" on the position of redefining marriage to include two persons of the same sex.
"Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right," Adrienne Elrod, a Clinton spokeswoman, said in a statement, CNN reported.
Clinton, like Obama, opposed same-sex "marriage" in 2008, the last time she made a run for the White House. She supported the idea of civil unions instead and did not proclaim her personal support for same-sex "marriage" until she retired as Secretary of State in 2013.
During a 2014 interview with National Public Radio, Clinton said she always viewed marriage as "a matter left to the states and in many of the conversations I and my colleagues and supporters had, I fully endorse the efforts by activists to work state-by-state," CNN said.
After a handful of questions on the topic, [NPR Host Terry] Gross said she was just trying to "clarify" whether Clinton had changed her opinion on the matter or whether the political winds on the issue had shifted, allowing Democrats' 2016 presidential frontrunner to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.
Clinton pushed back on the question, telling Gross, "No, I don't think you are trying to clarify. I think you are trying to say that I used to be opposed and now I am in favor and I did it for political reason and that is just flat wrong."
Clinton's argued that for the four years she served as secretary of state, she was "out of domestic politics" and not in a position to back same-sex marriage. She moved on the issue later than many Democrats, though, including President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Her timing, however, raised some skepticism. Ryan T. Anderson, co-author of
What is Marriage, for example, tweeted, "If the Constitution really requires states to redefine marriage, @HillaryClinton would have known so and said so long ago. Y silent til now?"
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: glbt; hillary; marriage
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posted on
04/16/2015 1:09:39 PM PDT
by
NYer
To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...
Whichever way the voting wind blows, ping!
2
posted on
04/16/2015 1:10:07 PM PDT
by
NYer
("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
To: NYer
Thank gawd our founding fathers provided documentation from the founding on which to base judgement on a Same-Sex-Marriage law.
Which of the BOR ammendments was that in again?
3
posted on
04/16/2015 1:11:51 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
To: Tenacious 1
4
posted on
04/16/2015 1:14:53 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: NYer
She will still need to have polygamy legalized before she can marry Huma.
To: NYer
Give her the green light to marry Huma. By the way, sexual preference has absolutely no relevance to ‘equality’ under our Constitution. PERSONAL PREFERENCES have NOTHING to do with EQUALITY and should be of NO RELEVANCE to our military.
To: NYer
Is she going to throw Bill overboard for Huma?
7
posted on
04/16/2015 1:24:16 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(It IS as BAD as you think and they ARE out to get you.)
To: NYer
8
posted on
04/16/2015 1:27:15 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Tenacious 1
It is right next to the Abortion is a Constitutional Right Amendment.
What can’t you see it?
9
posted on
04/16/2015 1:27:16 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: NYer
As a candidate, and former Secretary of State, she should not be voicing her opinion on matters before the Court.
To: Iron Munro
To: NYer
FLASHBACK: Hillary, and her Senate friends, support traditional marriage ..."I believe
that marriage is
not just a bond, but a sacred bond between a man and a woman. I have had occasion in my life to defend marriage
to stand up for marriage, to believe in the hard work and challenge of marriage. So I take umbrage at anybody who might suggest that those of us who worry about amending the US Constitution are less committed to the sanctity of marriage or to the fundamental, bedrock principles that exist between a man and a woman going back into the midst of history as one of the foundational institutions of history and humanity and civilization. And that its PRIMARY
principle role during those millennia has been the raising and socializing of children into the society of which they are to become adults."
To: b4its2late
When Hillary loses this election, Huma is going to lose interest.
13
posted on
04/16/2015 1:40:27 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(Please dont feed the liberals)
To: Iron Munro
They will have really ugly children.
To: NYer
It's amazing what a couple gallons of putty and paint can do.
15
posted on
04/16/2015 1:51:15 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(It IS as BAD as you think and they ARE out to get you.)
To: NYer
Anyone else notice that everything Hillary “says” is through “spokespersons”?
She’s literally to scared to speak for herself - to actually show herself speaking a policy position in person.
This is clinical paranoia, folks.
16
posted on
04/16/2015 2:05:45 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: NYer
Why so she dump the beard and legally marry her true love?
17
posted on
04/16/2015 2:10:33 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: NYer; All
Since the states have never amended the Constitution to expressly protect gay agenda issues like gay marriage, this is what Hillary must do if she really wants the Supreme Court to okay gay marriage.
Hillary must encourage Congress to propose a gay rights amendment to the Constitution to the states. And if the states choose to ratify Hillarys amendment then the feds will have the constitutional authority under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment to make civil rights laws to protect gay rights and Hillary will be a hero.
To: Iron Munro
It's amazing what a couple gallons of putty and paint can do. On top of a photoshopped head transplant.
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posted on
04/16/2015 2:12:45 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Iron Munro
Is that Sheltie in the background?
20
posted on
04/16/2015 2:33:54 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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