8 Times Hillary Clinton Was A Champion Of The LGBT Community

From: NewNowNext

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When she endorsed marriage equality.

Yes, Secretary Clinton did not always champion the freedom to marry, but she made her support of it known loud and clear. In a 2013 video for the Human Rights Campaign, Clinton stated:

“LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones – and they are full and equal citizens, and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage. That’s why I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law, embedded in a broader effort to advance equality and opportunity for LGBT Americans and for all Americans… To deny the opportunity to any of our daughters and sons solely on the basis of who they are and who they love is to deny them the chance to live up to their God given potential.”

At a town hall meeting last year, she addressed her shift on the issue.

“My views did evolve, and I think most people my age would say the same thing,” she said. “There might be some exceptions, but largely because of my strong opposition to discrimination of any sort and my personal relationships with a lot of people over the years, I certainly concluded that marriage equality should be the law of the land, and I was thrilled when the Supreme Court made it the law of the land.”