Gabbard takg heat over past anti-gay ments

TULSI GABBARD ONCE TOUTED WORKG FOR ANTI-GAY GROUP THAT BACKED NVERSN THERAPY

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard the early 2000s touted workg for her father’s anti-gay anizatn, which mobilized to pass a measure agast same-sex marriage Hawaii and promoted ntroversial nversn therapy. * tulsi gabbard lgbt *

Gabbard takg heat over past anti-gay ments.

Printial hopeful Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sought to expla her shift away om advotg anti-gay polici the early 2000s on Sunday, sayg her time the ary ed her to “go through some soul-searchg.” * tulsi gabbard lgbt *

Tulsi Gabbard the early 2000s touted workg for her father’s anti-gay anizatn, which mobilized to pass a measure agast same-sex marriage Hawaii and promoted ntroversial nversn therapy. Although Gabbard’s posns on LGBT rights have shifted dramatilly more recent years (she signed a 2013 amic brief supportg Edh Wdsor’s challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act), the extent of Gabbard’s past anti-gay activism has already drawn cricism om proment Democrats and will likely be a major issue for her as she seeks the party’s nomatn. Gabbard’s father ran The Alliance for Tradnal Marriage, a polil actn mtee aimed at opposg pro-gay lawmakers and legislatn that anized and spent more than $100, 000 to pass an amendment 1998 that gave the Hawaii state legislature power to “rerve marriage to oppose-sex upl.

Gabbard’s father Mike was a proment anti-gay activist Hawaii.

He was also the director of Stop Promotg Homosexualy and also served on the steerg mte of the Natnal Campaign to Protect Marriage and the Hawaii-based aln, Save Tradnal Marriage. He also once hosted an anti-gay rad show, Let’s Talk Straight Hawaii.

TULSI GABBARD’S TEAM IS TALKG TO LGBT GROUPS ABOUT HER PAST ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

The Hawaii Democrat and 2020 printial hopeful released a vio on Thursday sayg her “past posns” on gay rights are “at odds” wh her current valu. * tulsi gabbard lgbt *

The Alliance for Tradnal Marriage lled homosexualy “unhealthy, abnormal behavr that should not be promoted or accepted society. A CNN KFile review of the anizatn’s webse, which is archived on the Inter Archive’s Wayback Mache, unvers the anizatn supported ntroversial gay nversn therapy, which treats homosexualy as a mental illns that n be fixed. “Our w Hawaii, along wh Alaska’s victory, sends a very clear msage to the homosexual movement-we do not want homosexual marriage advot forcg their valu on our muni, ” Tulsi’s father Mike wrote a msage on the webse of the group shortly after the passage of the nstutnal amendment 1998.

TULSI GABBARD, DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL CANDIDATE, APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY PAST

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“While we mt ntue to monor and rpond to homosexual activists whose ultimate goal is societal acceptance of homosexualy on an equal basis as heterosexualy, we mt also renew our efforts to reach out wh love and passn to those who are addicted to homosexual behavr, and enurage them to seek help through the Natnal Associatn of Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy (NARTH), ‘ex-gay’ mistri such as Exod Internatnal, Courage, Homosexuals Anonymo and Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (P-FOX).

Tulsi Gabbard’s Team Is Talkg To LGBT Groups About Her Past Anti-Gay Comments

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TULSI GABBARD ONCE TOUTED WORKG FOR ANTI-GAY GROUP THAT BACKED NVERSN THERAPY