Hillary Clinton Wants The Supreme Court To Strike Down Marriage Bans

[Behind the Aegis]

update

“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, spokesperson, Hillary for America, told BuzzFeed News.

WASHINGTON — In two weeks, the Supreme Court is due to consider whether bans on same-sex couples marrying violates the U.S. Constitution — an issue Hillary Clinton has not spoken about in almost a year, when she said a “state-by-state” approach was working.

The Obama Justice Department has argued that such bans “cannot be reconciled with the fundamental constitutional guarantee of ‘equal protection of the laws.’”

Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has not said whether she agrees with that position. Spokespeople for her campaign have repeatedly stated since Sunday that an answer is forthcoming on the question, but no answer has been provided.

Since leaving the State Department, Clinton has made a series of statements on the marriage issue. In announcing her support for marriage equality in a video posted on March 13, 2013, she said of LGBT people, “They are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage. That’s why I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law.”

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I hope they come down on the side of equality too. I'd kinda like to get to my first legal anniversary!

[Earthly Creature]

1. I agree with her nt

[morningfog]

2. Marriage equality will be constitutionally recognized when this case is decided.

It will be a great moment.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Is there anyone, any potential Democratic candidate, who DOESN'T want that?

Jeebus, when is she going to pick something courageous to say?

Like put the banksters behind bars, or strike down Citizens United right fucking now.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Jeebus indeed!

When GLBT EQUALITY was discussed during the Obama presidential campaigns we were told to "not divide the party...be patient, you'll get your pony" and now that politicians are actually coming out definitively in favor of GLBT EQUALITY it is treated with disdain and called "pandering".

Seems some will never see GLBT EQUALITY as worthy of note!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. It is sad you are being turned into a political football here.

[beam me up scottie]

9. Oh will you just sit down in the back of the bus and shut up already!

Don't you know vocal minorities drive voters from the party?

You malcontents are never happy...




It shouldn't be necessary, but that's folks.

[brooklynite]

7. Talk about political courage...

Hillary Clinton has supported a Constitutional Amendment to overturn CU, but you want her to make you feel good by demanding an immediate overturning, which you know isn't legally possible.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Which proposed amendment text does she support? n/t

[NYC_SKP]

10. From your link. She didn't mention Citizens United. She speaks in generalities, it's "safe-speak".

And it's bad journalism to get that headline out of words that do not equal that headline.

Headline:

Hillary Clinton Rocks The Kochs By Announcing Support For Overturning Citizens United

And what she actually said:

I want to be the champion who goes to bat for Americans in four big areas, four big fights that I think we have to take on because there are those who don’t agree with what I think we should be doing, and they’re pretty powerful forces.

We need build the economy of tomorrow, not yesterday.

We need to strengthen families and communities because that’s where it all starts.

We need to fix our dysfunctional political system, and get unaccountable money out of it once and for all, even if it takes a constitutional amendment, and we need to protect our country from the threats that we see and the ones that are on the horizon.

Wishy washy economics and family craptrap and then a very general statement about a dysfunctional political system and unaccountable money and an amendment.

That headline is NOT an announcement for Overturning Citizens United.

That's just not true, it's a stretch, a conclusion, a pipe dream.

[Orsino]

4. Good, good. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

11. On TPM yesterday: "Hillary's Big Shift on Same-Sex Marriage"

link: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/hillary-clinton-shift-same-sex-marriage

Hillary Clinton's Big Shift On Same-Sex Marriage

WASHINGTON — Last summer, Hillary Clinton gave a tense interview to NPR where she was pressed on same-sex marriage. Her position then? Leave it up to the states.

"For me, marriage had always been a matter left to the states. And in many of the conversations that I and my colleagues and supporters had, I fully endorse the efforts by activists who work state-by-state and in fact that is what is working," Clinton told Terry Gross on June 12, 2014.

She added that soon after stepping down as secretary of state she announced in 2013 that she "was fully in support of gay marriage and that it is now continuing to proceed state-by-state." The interview didn't sit well with gay rights activists who strongly oppose the idea of letting states ban same-sex marriage.

Ten months later, Clinton is officially running for president, and appears to have shifted her view toward a full embrace of marriage equality. Her new position? Marriage should be a constitutional right for same-sex couples.

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