He's fought against DADT repeal for a long time.
He's spoken out against repeal.
He voted against repeal as a part of the Defense Bill back in September.
He voted against DADT repeal on the REAL vote today which was for cloture.
He fought it every step a long the way. He's said horrible things about gay people along the way.
He supports a US Constitution marriage discrimination amendment.
NC polls said most North Carolinians support repeal. He fought against repeal tooth and nail trying to filibuster it to keep it from even coming to a vote. Then once it was clear it had passed and his vote would help it along at all, he voted for it to try to keep his seat in 2016.
I'm very disturbed that this person who fought against equality on many fronts every step along the way is now being given credit because of one pointless vote that he did for re-election.
I leave you with a segment from the most recent Marshall - Burr debate after Burr had said "If somebody chooses that lifestyle":
"Moderator: A rebuttal.
Marshall: I would respond to that by saying there is ample evidence that it is biological and Senator Burr obviously believes it’s by choice. That is wrong-headed and discriminatory. We shouldn't be judging people by the color of their hair, the color of their eyes, the color of their skin, or other factors that they have no control over. That's wrong in America, and what you're talking about is governmental discrimination for something that's outside of somebody's control
Burr: Secretary Marshall, I'm not sure that I referred to anybody's skin color, or to their hair color. This is a very specific group of individuals, and I made it very clear what my position was. But don't bring race into this.
Marshall: It is because of who they are by factors that they have no control over. Gender is another one of those. This country has been replete with discrimination based upon things that folks have no control over, and its time in 2010, this century, that we end that."