Thread by @cmclymer

This is an excessively ridiculous thing to say. The clip is from the early-2000s when the GOP was pushing an amendment to ban same-sex marriage, when upwards of 60% of voters opposed same-sex marriage. Biden + Dems smartly used DOMA as a rationale to deflect + block it. (1/3)

https://twitter.com/Neoavatara/status/1320585765127151616

If the amendment had passed the House and Senate and been signed by Bush, it would have stood a decent chance of passing the required number of state legislatures to be ratified over the next several years, esp. given the unpopularity of same-sex marriage at the time.

So, Dems did the shit work of blocking the amendment by saying DOMA is enough until the electorate could catch up. Then, in 2012, in the middle of a tough reelection campaign, with the country split on the issue, Biden got out front + became the first national leader to endorse.

So, basically if Biden and other Dems hadn't been smart in figuring out how to block it, conservative dipshits like @Neoavatara would have either pushed hard for the amendment to be ratified after getting congressional passage or stood silently by while others did.

Seriously, fuck you and your heinous bullshit in trying to exploit marriage equality. You assholes have never cared about LGBTQ rights.