Senator Tom Harken (D- IA) has come around to accepting civil marriage equality, according to Pam’s House Blend.
I think it took courage to admit, as he did, that he was wrong when he signed onto DOMA:
“We all grow as we get older, and we learn things and we become more sensitive to people and people’s lives,” Harkin said. “And the more I’ve looked at that, I’ve grown to think differently about how people – how we should live. And I guess I’m at the point that, you know – I’m to that point of live and let live,” Harkin said.
Amazingly enough, DOMA was 13 years ago, & while many were optimistic then that we could turn the tide, I’m not sure any of us expected how quickly we would.
You can thank Sen. Tom Harkin via his website.