richard so richard, gay liasoi for bill :ton. bill clinton s re-election year, 1986, signed it in september of that year, two months before the election. he signed it, the legend has it, in the dead of night when no one was looking but then he ran ads on christian radio stations say bill clinton signed this as they were pulled, very quickly. ads that ran, nevertheless. so it s a complicated legacy because in one way, there s this big victory this week the conservative supreme court has handed to gay rights movement. doma is gone now. caused so much havoc for so many people. the federal component is gone. it s only there in the first place because a democratic president, because bill clinton signed it. congressman, i ll start with you. you were there when it happened. can you tell us what you thought when bill clinton signed it? i was very disappointed when he signed it but not surprised