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- GOP LAWMAKER ATTEND GAY SON'S WEDDG 3 DAYS AFTER VOTG AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- REP. MIKE FLECK COM OUT, BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN STATE LEGISLATOR IN THE COUNTRY
- PA. REP. GLENN THOMPSON VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DAYS AFTER ATTENDG SON'S GAY WEDDG
GOP LAWMAKER ATTEND GAY SON'S WEDDG 3 DAYS AFTER VOTG AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
This weekend, the gay son of Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., got married. A few days earlier, his father voted agast the Defense of Marriage Act. * gay pa representative *
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REP. MIKE FLECK COM OUT, BE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN STATE LEGISLATOR IN THE COUNTRY
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PA. REP. GLENN THOMPSON VOT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DAYS AFTER ATTENDG SON'S GAY WEDDG
One of five Republin senators who has already nfirmed a y vote on the bill is Rob Portman of Oh, who clared his support for same-sex marriage 2013 after his son me out as gay. Pennsylvania State Reprentative Mike Fleck (R-Huntgdon) jt announced that he is gay, and dog so, beme the first and only openly gay Republin state legislator the Uned Stat and the only openly gay lawmaker all of Pennsylvania. Philalphia also recently elected another openly gay ndidiate to office: Democrat Brian Sims jo Fleck January.
Fleck is the first openly gay Republin legislator the untry, says Ted Mart, Executive Director of Equaly PA, but another will take office January, Oh. Mart is hopeful that Fleck’s announcement will pave the way for a more open discsn about gay rights the Republin party:.