Dole worked hard behind the scenes to ensure the proposed amendment to have marriage defined as one man and one woman failed. It failed by one vote. I will never forgive him for that work.
Well, he could not beat Bubba so it is poetic he would endorse someone who cannot beat the beast.
Well, he could not beat Bubba so it is poetic he would endorse someone who cannot beat the beast.
Re #117:
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) Trailing President Clinton by a wide margin in recent polls, likely Republican presidential nominee Robert Dole moved to shore up far right support yesterday by signing on as the first co-sponsor of the Senate version of the Defense of Marriage Act. The anti-gay legislation bars federal benefits for same-sex couples while allowing states the right to refuse recognition of such marriages that are recognized in other states. “The intolerant wing of the Republican Party is rearing it’s ugly head again,” said Richard Tafel, executive director of
Log Cabin Republicans. “What Dole is missing here is that he already has deep support among religious conservatives. There is a growing perception of the GOP Congress as intolerant, and Dole’s action yesterday only enhances such a view.”
May 10th, 1996