Where do B. Obama and H. Clinton stand on the issue of gay rights?

Question

When I vote in the democratic primary, this issue may be the tie-breaker for me.

Answer 1

Probably both are for. They probably won't want to talk about that issue.

Answer 2

hillary is against gay marrage but for gay civil unions
whichin the grand scheme of things is realy the best compramise anyone can ask for

christians want to protect the sanctity of marige as defined by the bible between a man and a woman

homo sexuals want the right to be a legaly recognized couple with all the rights and privliges that entails

therefore by allowing civil unions that give gay couples all the rights endowed to legaly married couples the gay comunity can be satisfied while the christion and conservitive comunity who want to protect marrige are forced to be content because gay couples cant get married

in the end it all comes down to a name
so i say gay people be smart give up the word and take the part that matters and everyone can be if not completely happy atleast reasonably satisfied

Answer 3

Sen. Hillary Clinton's Senate website does not specifically mention gay rights, but I am sure there are links to her speeches to the Senate and elsewhere to help you find this information.

Sen. Barack Obama's Senate website is equally light on details of his view on this issue.

You may be able to find more complete details about thier platforms by looking through thier webpages. I have put both links for you.

Answer 4

particularly lots an identical. Obama makes noise helping gay rights, yet his strikes circulate the choice way. He suggested something like, "I help the rights of gays to marry, yet i will circulate away it as much as the states to come back to a decision the situation." What that particularly skill is, "I refuse to take any action to help gay marriage." So he ought to besides be against gay rights, even however his words make it sound like he's for them.

Answer 5

Don't sweat the question of which one of them is incrementally more supportive of gay rights than the other one. They are both generally liberal which means that if either one of them gets to be President, they'll be extremely likely to appoint Supreme Court Justices who will give you all of the "equal rights for gays" that you want. That is the way all liberals view the Supreme Court, as a place where they can solve social problems like "gay rights."

"Many liberals had been brought up to believe that whatever happened to the other branches of government, the Supreme Court belonged to 'us.' It was 'ours.' Nobody could take that away. We could count on the justices, perhaps not in every case, but certainly over the long run. They would set matters straight when it came down to it.
"It was for this reason so many liberals of my generation became lawyers and so much faith was placed in litigation. The corollary is that even fewer became politicians, political organizers, and political fund-raisers. We eschewed the rough-and-tumble of dirty politics in favor of the neat and elite high road of the judiciary." (Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000, by Alan Dershowitz, 2001.)

And that is why I won't vote for liberals.

Answer 6

Clinton:
Gays deserve domestic partnership benefits
Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage.
Voted YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes.

Obama:
Opposes gay marriage; supports civil union & gay equality.
Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage
wants to include sexual orientation in anti-discrimination laws.


I don't know if Hilary supports gay marriage or not, Obama doesn't seem to want it to be federal matter. he might want it voted by each state.

(for those above who have stated that civil unions and gay marriage are the same things, you're wrong. the 1300-1400 state and federal benefits that married people get, aren't all covered by civil unions. if they were it would be a different story)

Answer 7

I'm not sure why gays have rights. I mean, I have naturally curly hair and I'm left handed, making me into minority in a right handed straight haired world. Yet I don't want or expect "rights rights rights" because of these things, and you shouldn't either based on who you choose to have sex with. Anyway, the candidates will position themselves on the issue in a way that gets them votes. Period.

Answer 8

go to congress.org. you will be able to look up everyones voting record. that way you can see for yourself.


clinton voted against it.
obama wasn't a senator at the last vote but has stated he firmly supports it.

Answer 9

unless you plan on marrying another gay person, why is it even an issue??

the only people who even worry about such nonsense, are:
-gays who want to marry gays
-homophobes that are stuck in the closet
-homophobes who are scared gay people being able to marry is a threat to their shakey marriage.


to the rest of us, who are straight, it is a non-issue!

Answer 10

They are both very liberal. Obama is 100% liberal. Clinton is 99% liberal.
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Hope that helps.

Answer 11

They both are for it right before they are against it. But if the polls are not too against it, they may be for it again.

GLBT people are too small a segment of the population to be of any real import to candidates. They have bigger groups (religious right, racist wackos, Mexicans, Blacks, women) to cater to.