Bill Clinton Releases Statement In Support Of Legalizing Gay Marriage

by Jon Bershad | 3:05 pm, May 5th, 2011

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Bill Clinton has joined the ranks of those publicly supporting the movement to legalize gay marriage. Clinton has released a statement via the Human Rights Campaign, an organization “working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.” His statement, sent to the group last week and released this morning, describes marriage equality as another step in fulfilling America’s “permanent mission” to “form a ‘more perfect union.’”

Here is the statement in full:

“Our nation’s permanent mission is to form a ‘more perfect union’ – deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community. That mission has inspired and empowered us to extend rights to people previously denied them. Every time we have done that, it has strengthened our nation. Now we should do it again, in New York, with marriage equality. For more than a century, our Statue of Liberty has welcomed all kinds of people from all over the world yearning to be free. In the 21st century, I believe New York’s welcome must include marriage equality.”

The former president wasn’t the only Clinton to come out in support of gay marriage this week. Chelsea Clinton appeared at a benefit for Friendfactor, a new charity that incorporates social media. New York Magazine has this quote from her:

“‘I certainly believe that those of us who are straight cannot expect our gay friends to do this on their own,’ she said. ‘And I certainly expect our straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for all the children that at least Marc and I hope to have someday.’”

These statements specify New York as state Governor Andrew Cuomo announced just this week that he will be making a number of public appearances speaking in support of gay marriage legalization. Currently, a record 58% of New Yorkers share this belief.

(h/t HuffPo)

Andrew Cuomo, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Gay Marriage, gay rights

Barack Must Go

I guess Hillary Is running afterall …..
Cecelia

That’s ten years late and a dollar short, is it not?…
Cecelia

Barack Must Go said:
I guess Hillary Is running afterall …..

If that preposterous scenario were the case, Bill would still be dissembling on the subject of gay marriage, just as Gore, Kerry, and Obama did (sans media backlash).

Wonder if Bill will be asked about the Defense of Marriage Act”?
konspikuous

Decriminalizing cannabis is so much more important a civil rights matter than legislation allowing people to commit a virtual end to their lives.

No one is losing their home, good name and or doing hard time for being gay.
TeaPartyPatriot

“Bill Clinton Releases Statement In Support Of Legalizing Gay Marriage”

FINAL CONFIRMATION that “monica-stain” bill is BI – and he’s looking for some action with those on the “other side”.
Cecelia

I’ve always found it interesting that the media has far more empathy (and complicity) with politicians who deny that there is a right to homosexual marriage because of political expediency, than it does for those icky pols who deny it based upon their own views of the Constitution or other philosophical dictates.
tatboy

Then why did he pass DOMA???
Cecelia

tatboy said:
Then why did he pass DOMA???

For the noble purpose of political expediency.

That’s always perfectly fine with Democrats because the media knows that they are merely knifing their gay constituency in the back in order to stay popular in the polls.
Cecelia

I’d venture to guess that Bill Clinton’s Profile In Courage Award for this current stance will be coming forthwith…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chuck-Steele/1147844375 Chuck Steele

The only people pushing this (besides some gays themselves) are politicians pandering for votes and lawyers pandering for a whole new class of litigants to represent in family court. Cash cow for both.
“Real” American

konspikuous said:
Decriminalizing cannabis is so much more important a civil rights matter than legislation allowing people to commit a virtual end to their lives. No one is losing their home, good name and or doing hard time for being gay.

Heh. Talk to the Christian Raving Righties. They are the driving force against both prohibitions.
“Real” American

TeaPartyPatriot said:
“Bill Clinton Releases Statement In Support Of Legalizing Gay Marriage” FINAL CONFIRMATION that “monica-stain” bill is BI – and he’s looking for some action with those on the “other side”.

One thing even the far right media can agree on…while Bill may “get around”, he is only interested in split tails.
jakester

TeaPartyPatriot said:
“Bill Clinton Releases Statement In Support Of Legalizing Gay Marriage”

FINAL CONFIRMATION that “monica-stain” bill is BI – and he’s looking for some action with those on the “other side”.

That is exactly the sort of stupid, small minded comment that you teabaggers are famous for. For all your ilks’ talk about being libertarian, most of you are the same bunch of rednecked, barely literate soc & theo cons who had their noses up W’s butt till 11/2008
Rush Gingrich

Chuck Steele said:
The only people pushing this (besides some gays themselves) are politicians pandering for votes and lawyers pandering for a whole new class of litigants to represent in family court. Cash cow for both.

Are you saying Bill Clinton is Gay?
Paul G

He’s getting old….he must be going for the twink vote….
Newsjunky

TeaPartyPatriot said:
“Bill Clinton Releases Statement In Support Of Legalizing Gay Marriage”

FINAL CONFIRMATION that “monica-stain” bill is BI – and he’s looking for some action with those on the “other side”.

How typically Teabaggish of you. Thankfully, you racist, homophobic teabagger hillbillies are a very tiny percentage of the population – and shrinking.
cjd ohio 1

why does marriage have to be between just 2 people why not more?
Davo

Once again, the previous Democrat king of corruption displays his insatiable lust for attention. What possessed Clinton to conclude this to be the best day for such an irrelevant announcement?
jakester

Davo said:
Once again, the previous Democrat king of corruption displays his insatiable lust for attention. What possessed Clinton to conclude this to be the best day for such an irrelevant announcement?

Talking about the pot calling the kettle black, who needs your irrelevant gay bashing remark? Is there supposed to be a special day set aside for announcements like this?
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So the president that gave us DOMA and DADT has finally decided to support same-sex marriage? Gee Bill, I guess you no longer need votes.
TampopoLoco

LOL! Gay marriage legal in America? Sorry but this ain’t Canada. We have way to many bigots in this country. Will never happen.
http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian

Bigots in this country? LOL, we have a mulatto in the White House, how can you call us bigoted?

WHAT IS A RACIST?
http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-racist.html
TampopoLoco

PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian said:
Bigots in this country? LOL, we have a mulatto in the White House, how can you call us bigoted?

WHAT IS A RACIST?
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Yea, that erases it all. We’re all even now. It’s may 6th America. You can go back to hatin’ Mexicans, blacks, gays, muslims, poor people, immigrants and so on.
Phocus2

Clinton also wants a line in the Pledge Of Allegiance changed to “…with liberty and blow jobs for all”.,
hgarner2000

This has gotten me to thinking. Marriage is for love. Just about everything in our culture from Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” to “How I met your Mother” promotes this, and it has been great for bussiness. Furthermore, most people just think that marriage is for love. It is. But love also makes some people pregnant. Over the last hundred years or so, all this focus on love has been a little lop-sided and chidren have suffered because of it. It’s clear the country needs to do everything it can to promote more stability and commitment for the sake of the children and the future overall good of the country. Should it turn out that the facts support the idea that promoting the traditional view of marriage would do just that, then, I believe, the tradiitionalists need to win the gay community over by being more sensitive to their desire for justice.
X-3

Wonder how much GALA paid him to do that? It’s obvious, given his serial dalliances, he has no respect for marriage.
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