Comments on: Hillary Clinton comes out for marriage equality

By: Robben Wainer

Robben Wainer — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:17:54 +0000

I would like to know how others feel about common law relationships, will they be tolerated? or will marriage be expected for gay couples to have sex?

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By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:05:38 +0000

This deserves a “better late than never” plug.

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:52:13 +0000

While the statement was well crafted — and put the issue of equality in a broad policy context both domestically and internationally — it strikes me as too much, too little, too late. She starts the video extolling all the venues and events at which she stood up for “gay rights” — but takes no responsibility either directly, or indirectly, for having been one of the people who impeded progress on “gay rights” because of her views and roll as a national and international thought leader. She is so proud of her “Gay rights are human rights; and human rights are gay rights.” statement, but thinks we forgot about the “except if you want to be married” part that she held onto for years. Longer than her husband, Obama, Joe Biden, Arne Duncan, Dick Cheney, and Laura Bush for heavens sake !

Like her husband’s earlier public statement that also seems to have historical amnesia — where is the apology for having held a view, and contributed to policy, that actively perpetuated the disenfranchisement they now deplore. It also seems like a self-serving attempt to clear the decks on her equality bona fides, prior to determining if she will run in 2016. Really Hillary — with all the gay love that has come your way all these years — just NOW you are getting around to making a public statement affirming the right of gay and lesbian people to decide who they want to marry ? Kind of late to the party, don’t you think ?