Bill Clinton backs gay marriage bill

Dan82 · May 5, 2011

http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Bill-Clinton-backs-gay-marriage-bill-1367015.php

Bill Clinton, the man who signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law as president, is joining the campaign to get gay marriage legalized in New York.

In a statement released by the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday, Clinton said that the next step in the expansion of rights in the United States should be same-sex marriage in his adopted home state. Clinton opposed gay marriage while in the White House, but he has in recent years shifted his views, something he makes clear in backing the bill in New York.

"Our nation's permanent mission is to form a 'more perfect union' - deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community," Clinton said. "That mission has inspired and empowered us to extend rights to people previously denied them. Every time we have done that, it has strengthened our nation. Now we should do it again, in New York, with marriage equality. For more than a century, our Statue of Liberty has welcomed all kinds of people from all over the world yearning to be free. In the 21st century, I believe New York's welcome must include marriage equality...

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roborama · May 5, 2011

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