Ugh: @deemyers says "DOMA was needed to stall const'l amdt" on #Hardball. States didn't start until early/mid-00s, + http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=6613 …
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@chrisgeidner It's a great article. Am annoyed by these ex post justifications. I couldn't find any '96 articles claiming constl amdt threat -
@adambonin There aren't any. -
@chrisgeidner I did find this, however, on Wellstone and DOMA: http://www.mndaily.com/1996/06/14/wellstones-view-gay-marriage-disappoints-u … -
@adambonin Yeah, he later said it was the vote he most regretted, as I recall. -
@chrisgeidner I'm sure many regret it now, and we shouldn't retrofit today's sensibilities onto '96. They just didn't think it was that bad. -
@adambonin Right. But, it doesn't appear and I don't recall it as trying to stop something worse. -
@chrisgeidner Agreed. When the HI case was derailed, everyone calmed down until around Goodridge.
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