Walter Mondale And Michael Dukakis Back Marriage Equality

Every Living Former Democratic Presidential Nominee Now Supports Marriage Equality
MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES: With election results still in doubt, former US vice president and Democratic senate candidate Walter Mondale addresses supporters at election night headquarters 05 November 2002 at the Radison Riverfront in St. Paul, Minnesota. Republican Norm Coleman held an early lead over Mondale, who was a last minute replacement for incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash last month. AFP PHOTO/CRAIG LASSIG (Photo credit should read CRAIG LASSIG/AFP/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES: With election results still in doubt, former US vice president and Democratic senate candidate Walter Mondale addresses supporters at election night headquarters 05 November 2002 at the Radison Riverfront in St. Paul, Minnesota. Republican Norm Coleman held an early lead over Mondale, who was a last minute replacement for incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash last month. AFP PHOTO/CRAIG LASSIG (Photo credit should read CRAIG LASSIG/AFP/Getty Images)

Former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis told ThinkProgress this week that they support marriage equality. With their endorsements, every living former Democratic presidential nominee is now on record in support of same-sex marriage.

Every other living Democratic nominee had previously made their support explicit.

The list includes:

1. Former President Jimmy Carter (1976 and 1980). Carter said last year “Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things — he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.”

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