Flashback: Hillary Clinton opposed gay marriage in 2004

Hillary Clinton may be celebrating the Supreme Court’s historic decision on same-sex marriage that came down Friday, but its worth it for Clinton supporters and critics alike to note that the former secretary of state once voiced her opposition to the legalization of gay marriage.

In fact, then-Sen. Clinton (N.Y.) was captured on video in 2004 describing marriage to her colleagues as “a sacred bond between a man and a woman.”

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Hillary explained:

I believe that marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman. I have had occasion in my life to defend marriage, to stand up for marriage, to believe in the hard work and challenge of marriage. So, I take umbrage at anyone who might suggest that those of us who worry about amending the Constitution are less committed to the sanctity of marriage or to the fundamental bedrock principal that it exists between a man and a woman going back into the midst of history as one of the founding foundational institutions of history and humanity and civilization and that its primary principal role during those millennia has been the raising and socializing of children for the society into which they are to become adults.

About a decade later, Clinton is now rejoicing at the legalization of same-sex marriage.


Her campaign store has even unveiled a “Hillary Pride collection” which has rainbow-colored t-shirts, bumper stickers and buttons.

Clinton isn’t alone in her gay marriage flip flop. President Obama underwent a similar shift between 2008 and 2012.

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