Reply #3: Dean also did all of the following [View All]

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Signed and helped pass a 1992 law prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians in housing, employment, and schooling. He appointed the first openly gay Vermont House member, he granted benefits to state employee's domestic partners (before civil unions), and permitted joint adoptions. He has come out strongly in favor of ENDA (I don't think any of our candidates aren't in favor of that) as well as anti hate crimes laws.

On edit PPIA is a law which would permit a gay couple on of whom is a US citizen and the other is not to have the non US citizen come live in the US as a permanent resident alien. Later that person would become a citizen. Currently only married straight couples can do that. Foreign Correspondent and Sappho are victims of this inequity. (note to mods please don't remove due to calling out as this is a well known and discussed fact about those posters) This is a right that is a matter of great importance to the relatively few people it effects. It also is a great injustice in an abstract way. I also think that Kerry, Dean, Lieberman, Gephardt, Sharpton, CMB, and Kucinich are in favor of this given their stands on gay marriage/ civil unions. I don't know what Edwards believes.