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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Replying to @adambonin
@adambonin@deemyers Thanks, Adam, for the citation!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chrisgeidner
@chrisgeidner It's a great article. Am annoyed by these ex post justifications. I couldn't find any '96 articles claiming constl amdt threat1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
@chrisgeidner I did find this, however, on Wellstone and DOMA: http://www.mndaily.com/1996/06/14/wellstones-view-gay-marriage-disappoints-u …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @adambonin
@adambonin Yeah, he later said it was the vote he most regretted, as I recall.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chrisgeidner
@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.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @adambonin
@adambonin@chrisgeidner I was at the DOMA hearings in 96 (as an intern). People knew it was bad then.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @thebestjasmine
@thebestjasmine@adambonin People knew it was bad, yes. But mainly just gay people, and most focus was on Sec. 2 -- not Sec. 3.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chrisgeidner
@chrisgeidner@adambonin I don't think it was just gay people (I was/am not, was not there for a gay group).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@thebestjasmine @adambonin Obviously not just gay people. But it was not even a serious blip even on the Dem radar at the Dem convention.
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