Flashback: When Democrats Swore They Would Never Back Gay Marriage
31st March 2013
Read it. And by all means watch the video.
Above, you’ll find a short video composed of the floor speeches some top Democrats made about SSM. At the time, Republicans wanted to block gay marriage in Massachusetts by amending the constitution with an official marriage definition. Democrats argued against that, but they didn’t argue in favor of gay marriage. They argued that DOMA made such an amendment unneccessary. They assured people like Rick Santorum that the slippery slope case for gay marriage was bogus.
‘Hey! You fucked up! You trusted us!’ — Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman, damned glad to meet you.