• @eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    -86 months ago

    Aww man, wish I caught that. Why didn’t the Biden administration help the LGBT community 40 years ago!? He really wasn’t a great president in 1984. /S

    there were plenty of pro-gay politicians in 1984 and biden’s track record of actively making it worse is a 30 second google search away.

    … You may remember he (and Obama) said he believed marriage was between a man and a woman during the 2008 debates. Then, you may remember under the same administration, Gay marriage was federally legalized…

    gay marriage was made legal through the courts so it became legalized in spite of that administration; not because of it.

    • @meep_launcher@lemm.ee
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      96 months ago

      in spite of that administration

      Wtf are you talking about? Do you not remember DOMA being repealed which was crucial for gay marriage to pass? Here is a quick list for you to use as evidence that the Obama administration was hostile to LGBTQ people.

      https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/06/09/fact-sheet-obama-administrations-record-and-lgbt-community

      plenty of pro-gay politicians in 1984

      Wtactualf are you talking about? Yes there were a handful, but being gay was ESPECIALLY a political death sentence then. Saying this just erases the fraught past we’ve had, and doesn’t recognize the INSANE amount of progress we’ve made.

      Also if you read my comment you’d recognize that argument is moot, as his current administration is what is important.

      You gotta go and audit your history YouTube channels. You’re getting some wacked info.

      • @eldavi@lemmy.ml
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        -16 months ago

        the obergefell v. hodges supreme court case made doma invalid. you’re thinking of the respect for marriage act which not only had no impact but allowed for people to legally protected if they rejected gay marriage.

        hollywood and political agitators made that progress happen; while those people you’re supporting remained neutral at best and voted against it at the worst.