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    94 days ago

    Democrats didn’t flip on gay rights until Obama

    And Obama didn’t flip on gay marriage until the end of his first term. Biden came out in favor of it, which forced Obama’s hand, but it wound up being the right move; it energized the base when enthusiasm was starting to wane. Then, under Obama’s leadership, they continued to do nothing to establish gay marriage at the federal level.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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      94 days ago

      “But he said something vaguely positive, that’s exactly like legal enforcement of their rights!”