All Republicans in the House, except for Representative Steven Gunderson of Wisconsin, who had been outed on the floor of the House of Representatives by homophobic Congressman Bob Dornan of California in 1994, either voted for passage of DOMA or abstained. All 67 representatives who opposed the bill were Democrats except for Representative Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent.
President Bill Clinton signed DOMA into law at midnight on September 20, 1996.
It only took him 12 years to apologize for his involvement with DOMA and his subsequent use of it for his re-election.
Add his "Dont' Ask Don't Tell policy into the works, Mr. Clinton tracks pretty fucking poorly on gay rights, but he surely didn't have any problem seeking our help getting re-elected, and we were stupid enough to fall for it twice.
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Not disagreeing that Bill Clinton did us gays no favors while in office. But, always better to get a Democrat President than another gay-hating Republican, in this case.
It seems Barr apologized the same year.
Bob Barr - Wikipedia
Jordan, hate to disagree with you, I can't think of any (and I hate saying this) republican President that did more harm to the gay community, then brag about it just to win the votes of religious republican conservatives in his second run for the oval office.
Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it and the gay community was so blinded by the fact Clinton promised the world, as a moderate democrat, but delivered squat and did the exact opposite and now we are ready to forget it all ever happened just because of his party affiliation?
How does that make us look as a community?
Pretty fucking stupid if ya ask me, and yes, I'm lumping myself in that category, because I *believed* his rhetoric back then as well and not only voted for him once but fell for it again and voted for him a second time.
I would like to think, I've learned my lesson having been burnt twice.
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