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Associated Press
Friday, March 08, 2013 2:17 AM GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is calling on the Supreme
Court to overturn a law he signed that bars federal recognition of same-sex
marriages.
Clinton says the Defense of Marriage Act is incompatible with the
Constitution. He says he signed the law in 1996 to avoid legislation that
would have been even worse for gays.
Clinton writes in a Washington Post op-ed that American society has changed.
He says he now realizes the law discriminates against gays and provides an
excuse for others to discriminate, too.
The Obama administration has stopped defending the law in court, and the
Supreme Court is expected to take up a challenge to it later this month.
Separately, the high court is also considering whether California's gay
marriage ban should stand. | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 好奇这句话：
＂He says he signed the law in 1996 to avoid legislation that
would have been even worse for gays.＂
谁能解释下男克林顿所暗示的当时对gays更＂糟糕＂的立法究竟是指什么？ | m******1
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【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 好奇这句话：
: ＂He says he signed the law in 1996 to avoid legislation that
: would have been even worse for gays.＂
: 谁能解释下男克林顿所暗示的当时对gays更＂糟糕＂的立法究竟是指什么？
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