Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton Took Issue With LGBT-Inclusive Passport Measure

According to the private emails released by Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presidential hopeful took issue with an LGBT-inclusive Obama reform that would impact children's passports by replacing the words "mother" and "father" with "parent 1" and "parent 2."

In 2010, the State Department said the change was "in recognition of different types of families," like families with same-sex parents. But Clinton, who was Secretary of State at the time, said she would not defend the decision, "which I disagree w and knew nothing about, in front of this Congress." Slate reports she then said in the emails that she "could live w letting people in nontraditional families choose another descriptor so long as we retained the presumption of mother and father."

Clinton added she was worried the change would lead to "a huge Fox-generated media storm led by Palin et al." Slate notes the State Department quickly reversed the decision.

Having actively chosen to block the inclusive reform, it is unclear how it will impact Clinton's LGBT supporters and her reputation with the LGBT community. Clinton has been a supporter of LGBT rights for the last few years, confirming in 2013 she backed marriage equality, Pink News notes.

When she revealed she would be running for president in 2016, she included a same-sex couple in her announcement video. The former first lady went on to choose Robby Mook, an openly gay man, to be her campaign manager.

Nevertheless, the latest emails come after it was reported last month that husband Bill Clinton allegedly said she had a "discomfort" with gay people. Audio uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon found that Taylor Branch, a friend of Bill Clinton, said in recorded notes for an interview that the former president said his wife had issues with LGBT rights during her Senate race in the late 90s.