WASHINGTON— Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday,putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.
Clinton made the announcement in an online video released Monday morning by the gay rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign. She says in the six-minute video that gays and lesbians are “full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship.”
“That includes marriage,” she says,adding that she backs gay marriage both “personally and as a matter of policy and law.”
Clinton’s announcement is certain to further fuel the already rampant speculation that she is considering another run for president in 2016. Other possible Democratic contenders — including Vice President Joe Biden,New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley — all back the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Polls show that public opinion on gay marriage has shifted perhaps more rapidly than on any other major issue in recent times. In Gallup polling last November,53 percent of adult Americans said same-sex marriages should be granted the same status as traditional marriages,while 46 percent felt they should not be valid.
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have you noticed the majority of the people that support "Homosexual marriage"are in reality either agnostic or out right atheist. The Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman. It also says homosexuality is against God's Law. The purpose of marriage is for the human race to continue and multiply. How does a homosexual couple reproduce? I can't believe common sense is absent from humanity. I guess they think "stupidity is correct.
When men stop believing in God,they believe in nothing,and then they will believe in anything. Denying God's soverignty or existence does not negate it. The truth is always the truth and it does not reside in DC. And accountability is not an issue unless you are caught,then someone else is to blame. Mediocre candidates,questionable ethics,lack of talent or moral conviction are prevelent in today's politics…but they are a sad reflection of this country's ability to govern themselves and hold themselves accountable for the choices they made on election day!!!!!