The vote was on the Defense of Marriage Act, an anti-gay law the Republican majority in Congress cooked up in 1996 to stymie President Clinton as he sought re-election. . ... Nonetheless, Sanders in his 2016 campaign bragged about his vote against DOMA as evidence of his longtime support..…

President Bill Clinton made this racist much 1996. Clinton, Democrat, signed Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996. ..…