In a Friday interview with CNN, Bill Clinton explained that he still believes each state should decide whether to legalize gay marriage, but he is no longer personally opposed to it.
"I think if people want to make commitments that last a lifetime, they ought to be able to do it."
"I was against the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage nationwide, and I still think that the American people should be able to play this out in debates. But me, Bill Clinton personally, I changed my position."
"I realized that I was over 60 years old. I grew up in a different time ... and I was hung up about it. I decided I was wrong."
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I think that he does a lot by sharing his change of heart with Americans. Gays and lesbians are no less worthy of participating in the American experiment than anyone else regardless of personal beliefs. Why should gay and lesbian couples have to live as second class citizens? It certainly has nothing to do with morality or decency. It has to do with honest respect for humanity.
Bill Clinton was a great president. And, he is a great humanitarian. It warmed my heart to hear his words last night, Peter. Thank you for writing this article.
It kept him so busy he didn't have the time to deal with terrorists abroad !!!!
But you just know all that time in the sex scandal and white water clutter cluttered his mind and kept it off important things.
If he had nothing else to obsess about excect Al Queda he would have been clever. But who knows. We will never know.
That's why I like Bill. He's a thinking man.
Maybe the times have changed enough where there can be full rights everywhere, soon.
SOON !!!
Hypocrisy runs rampant in all politics and religion.