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In reply to the discussion: UPDATED: Hillary Jabs At NPR Host: 'You Are Playing With My Words' On Gay Marriage [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Hillary has too much baggage from the past.
We need to move on and take care of the issues that confront us today.
In case you did not listen to the audio in the OP:
President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) -- HR 3396 or Public Law No. 104-199 -- on 21 September 2000. It defines marriage as an act between heterosexuals and frees one state from being required to honor the same-sex marriage conducted in another state. As of this writing, 39 states have laws based on DOMA; 18 of those are amendments to the state constitution.
http://uspolitics.about.com/od/gaymarriage/a/DOMA.htm
Marriage has traditionally been a state issue, but gay marriage is a national issue because it involves national laws (income taxes, Social Security, etc.) and because marriages that are legal in one state need to be recognized in other states.
If she runs, Hillary is going to have to answer question after question about her past, about Bill Clinton's presidency. Her candidacy is likely to be mired in that old baggage.
I support Elizabeth Warren. I do not think that Hillary should be our Democratic candidate. I think that Republicans will have a field day with her.