When did hillary come out oin favor of gay rights

By framing her argument for support of marriage equality and LGBT rights through her foreign affairs experience, she demonstrates clearly her dedication and experience in leading the fight on this tough and controversial issue. Share this: Twitter Facebook.

Clinton has now come out vowing to uphold and fight for equality across the nation and the world. InHillary Clinton ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States. On the day that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to hear oral arguments about same-sex marriage April 28, Hillary Clinton changed her "H" logo to rainbow-colored and tweeted: "Every loving couple.

By JAMES DEMETRIADES CONTRIBUTING WRITER Former Secretary of State, former Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton has officially come out in support of gay marriage. Notify me of follow-up comments via email.

This argument is extremely well crafted and it also will be a useful tool for Clinton should she decide to run for President in Those who contend that she is simply pandering to gain voters are mistaken. The timing of this declaration comes after she leaves public office as an effort to position herself to be a public leader in the upcoming debate on gay marriage.

The Human Rights Campaign contains 1. You are commenting using your Facebook account. While admittedly the discrimination experienced by LGBT individuals in some other countries is far more extreme, inequality still exists on American soil. Categories: Opinion.

Prior to running, Clinton served as the United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from toa U.S. senator. She is instead entering a declaration of support and has made the move to become an advocate for equality of citizens of the United States and the world.

Clinton, with this affirmation of support, will continue to be a progressive leader of change and no doubt also a vocal political influence in many national debates, including the fight for marriage equality. Clinton has now framed the fight for marriage equality not only as a matter of legal policy, but a matter of universal human rights supported by her both her international and personal experience.

That includes marriage. It sounds very much like the beginning of a campaign pitch; she makes a clear list of previous experience and gives background on her history before coming out in support of gay marriage. During her first run for president inHillary Clinton had an opportunity to become an undisputed leader in the gay rights movement.

In her capacity as a private citizen, Clinton can now express her views without needing approval. I am not writing today to debate the merits of gay marriage of which I personally see both social and constitutional reasons for legality but rather to explore the reasons and implications behind such a sweeping public statement.

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Yet, she also makes a personal appeal reflecting on the reasons for her own changing position on this issue. Clinton took a hard stance against discrimination abroad, but now has reevaluated the situation at home. Former and perhaps future presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton — a past backer of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples — endorsed same-sex marriage in a video released Monday.

Within the 90 seconds of this six minute speech, Clinton does not make any mention of gay marriage; rather, she touches upon and discusses her experience promoting LGBT rights abroad. Clinton ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for president, in which she became the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S.

political party. She is not pandering to the crowd. On Monday, March 18, Clinton released a video through Human Rights Campaign where she not only affirmed her belief that “Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay.

Many people have speculated since this video has been released that Clinton is gearing up for a run for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account.