Hillary Clinton Accused of Revising History on Defense of Marriage Act
Hillary Clinton stands on stage with husband Bill Clinton at the conclusion of the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 24, 2015.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergWhen the Defense of Marriage Act passed in 1996, Bernie Sanders was a member of the House and Hillary Clinton was first lady. Nearly two decades later, they're battling for the Democratic presidential nomination and have very different recollections of how the law that prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriage came about.
On Friday, Clinton told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that her husband, President Bill Clinton, signed DOMA into law as a “defensive action” to stave off a constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman. “DOMA was a line that was drawn that was to prevent going further,” said the Democratic front-runner.