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Hillary Clinton

Cha

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1. Mahalo for this, Fla Dem~

Reply to Fla Dem (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:29 AM

Jun 2016

Clinton’s gay rights crusade began within the State Department, which she transformed into one of the most—if not the most—gay-friendly bureaucracies in Washington, both in terms of its policies and its administration. This signaled a radical makeover for the stodgy institution, which under Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, Clinton’s predecessors in the George W. Bush administration, had seen little drive for gay equality. Largely beholden to the Christian right and social conservatives, the Bush administration was hostile toward LGBT people and issues. As president, Bush endorsed an amendment to the federal constitution banning same-sex marriage, and his political managers used same-sex marriage as a wedge issue during his reelection campaign in 2004 with the intention of mobilizing so-called values voters in swing states like Ohio.

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Mahalo for this, Fla Dem~ Cha Jun 2016 #1

Thanks Cha,I forgot to include the link. Now added. Fla Dem Jun 2016 #3

Thank you for this. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #2

We need to correct the record on so many issues. So many lies and distortions about HRC. Fla Dem Jun 2016 #4