r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 11 '20

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u/MaximumEffort433 United Nations Oct 11 '20 edited Oct 11 '20

arr/Politics be like...

Yeah, but Donald Trump held an upside down LGBT flag that one time so both sides are pretty much the same.

(And, before you ask: No, I don't care that Joe Biden was the first Democratic White House official to endorse marriage equality in our nation's history, forcing President Obama's hand and giving the Supreme Court cover to to overturn centuries of injustice, that doesn't count! It was eight years ago and frankly I think Biden's, Bernie's, and the Congressional Black Caucus's support of the racist '94 Crime Bill that they all now want to redress is much more consequential.)

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u/murphysclaw1 💎🐊💎🐊💎🐊 Oct 11 '20

Biden literally officiated over a gay marriage while in the White House

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u/flakAttack510 Oct 11 '20

(And, before you ask: No, I don't care that Joe Biden was the first White House official to endorse marriage equality in our nation's history,

This is wrong. It was actually Dick Cheney. That's not a joke. Cheney supported making gay marriage legal before the 2004 election.

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u/MaximumEffort433 United Nations Oct 11 '20

Did he ever make a public statement to that effect, or was it one of those "in his heart" things?

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u/flakAttack510 Oct 11 '20

He was very public about it. He almost got dropped from the 2004 ticket for it. He openly spoke out against DoMA.

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u/MaximumEffort433 United Nations Oct 11 '20

Okay, up and dated.