Alan Cumming: Actor and US Traitors host hands back OBE over ‘toxicity of empire’ – BBC

He added that in the US in 2009, “the Defence of Marriage Act ensured that same sex couples couldn’t get married or enjoy the same basic legal rights as straight people, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ensured that openly gay, lesbian or bisexual people were barred from serving in the military (incidentally both these policies were instituted by the Clinton administration).”