Howard Dean in Interviews during 2017-2019


On Civil Rights: 2004: I wore a bullet-proof vest to argue for civil unions

[A CNN KFile review shows that] Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's anti-gay efforts continued after she became a state representative. Shortly after Gabbard announced her presidential ambitions, her testimony at a hearing opposing a civil unions bill in 2004 resurfaced:

"To try to act as if there is a difference between 'civil unions' and same-sex marriage is dishonest, cowardly and extremely disrespectful to the people of Hawaii," Gabbard said at the time. "As Democrats we should be representing the views of the people, not a small number of homosexual extremists."

The resurfaced comments drew condemnation from former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the first governor in America to support civil unions and who sought the Democratic nomination in 2004. "I was on the other side of this argument wearing a bulletproof vest while she was saying this," Dean tweeted.

Source: Andrew Kaczynski, CNN.com, on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jan 13, 2019

The above quotations are from Interviews during 2017-2019, interviewing presidential hopefuls for 2020.
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