Originally posted by Graeblyn
That's just not true.

In 1977. Anti-gay forces in California pushed what was called, the Briggs Initiative. The proposal would have prevented gay people from teaching in California public schools. Ronald Reagan's public opposition to the Briggs Initiative helped lead to its defeat.

Reagan was the first President to have a gay couple stay as overnight guests in the Lincoln Bedroom.

The reason for him not acting sooner is that it simply wasn't a priority to him. Bear in mind we were ALREADY so far into deficit spending that critics were regularly lambasting the administration.
Thank you Graeblyn, for being the voice of reason in this thread.