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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)3/07/2018 7:32:40 am PST

re: #191 ObserverArt

I think it was a bit too early for that. He won in ‘76 and America was just beginning to acknowledge that there were gays willing to “come out” and be seen and accepted. We were not far from the times when gays were treated as criminal and had to hide out underground.

I know. I’m not knocking him for that. Sag just said that Carter was the first President to advocate for LGBT Americans and it seems to his credit he did by opposing the Briggs initiative (banning of openly gay individuals teaching in schools) and by allowing LGBT people to serve in the foreign service. We’ve come a long way.