Former President Bill Clinton on
Thursday honored Edith Windsor and Roberta Kaplan during a Logo TV
special celebrating LGBT rights pioneers.
Thursday's Trailblazers
coincided with the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's
decision striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA).
(Related: Thursday
marks one year anniversary of Supreme Court's DOMA ruling.)
Clinton, who signed DOMA into law,
honored Windsor, who challenged the law, and Kaplan, the lawyer who
represented her.
“Seventeen years after signing DOMA
into law, I was honored and grateful to be among the voices urging
that it be overturned,” Clinton said in a videotaped message. “The
decision would not have happened without Edie Windsor's dogged
determination to right a wrong and Roberta Kaplan's equal commitment
to simple fairness. As marriage equality spreads across the states,
the number of people impacted by these two amazing women will only
continue to grow.” (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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The show also honored Brooklyn Nets
player Jason Collins and the cast of the Netflix hit series Orange
is the New Black.
(Related: Laverne
Cox: Orange
is the New Black
has helped transgender people come out.)