Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is announcing her support for gay marriage.
In an online video released Monday, Clinton says gays and lesbians deserve "the rights of citizenship." She says "that includes marriage."
Clinton's announcement puts her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates for the 2016 election, including Vice President Joe Biden and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio also announced his support for gay marriage Friday.
To be 100% fair, as Secretary of State there really wasn't any way she could make her personal political stances known, as she's not allowed to have them, so I wonder if all the "Why is Obama so late to the same-sex marriage equality party" folks will give Hillary a pass or not. It's of course the right thing to do, but gosh, the logic applied to Obama would be "Well Kerry's been Secretary of State now for a month, where was she?" Besides, coming in after Rob Portman on this list does seem like a rather big oversight on her part, yes?
Well, firebaggers like Joan Walsh are already going on about how Hillary's stance is so much better than Obama's because Obama ooga booga true progressives.
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