Voice for Equality: Senator Chris Dodd

Christopher John "Chris" Dodd is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Dodd won election in 1974 to the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district and was reelected in 1976 and 1978. He was elected United States Senator in the elections of 1980, and is now the longest-serving Senator in Connecticut's history, the 9th most senior of current Senators and one of only three from the 1980 freshman class who are still serving. Dodd served as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. In 2006, Dodd decided to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, but eventually withdrew after running behind several other competitors. To learn more: [Link]

On June 21, 2009, Senator Dodd wrote an Op-Ed piece for the Meriden (CT) Record Journal including the following comments:

I am proud to now count myself among the many elected officials, advocates, and ordinary citizens who support full marriage equality for same-sex couples.

I understand that even those who oppose discrimination might continue to find it hard to re-think the definition of marriage they grew up with. I know it
was for me.

But many of the things we must do to make our union more perfect – whether it’s fighting for decades to reform our health care system or struggling with a difficult moral question – are hard. They take time. And they require that, when you come to realize that something is right, you be unafraid to stand up and say it.

That’s the only way our history will progress along that long arc towards justice. [Link]

Freedom to Marry salutes Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, whose thinking evolved over time, as a Voice for Equality!

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