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Contents:

• JEB BH, 2016'S GAY-FRIENDLY REPUBLIN
• IS JEB BH 'EVOLVG' ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND OTHER GAY RIGHTS ISSU?
• JEB BH PRINTIAL MPAIGN, 2016/GAY RIGHTS
• JEB BH, THE 'GAY-IENDLY REPUBLIN,' IS STILL ALL ABOUT THAT BASE
• JEB BH SAYS CHRISTIAN BS OWNERS CAN REFE TO SERVE GAY WEDDGS

JEB BH, 2016'S GAY-FRIENDLY REPUBLIN

” In an edorial for the Miami Herald, Bh wrote, “The public policy qutn is whether homosexuals serve special legal protectn om otherwise legal, private acts of discrimatn, which protectns are not available to smokers, drkers, children, redheads, Midwterners, Democrats, veterans, nudists, etc. ” Acrdg to the Daily Beast, while same-sex marriage was beg discsed durg the printial race 2004: “Meanwhile, Florida, Bh was flood wh qutns about whether gay marriage uld possibly e to the Sunshe State.

2004: A Bh Spokman Said, “We've Had A Law On The Books In Florida Sce 1977 Banng Gay Marriage And The Governor Took An Oath Of Office To Uphold The Laws Of The State. ‘We've had a law on the books Florida sce 1977 banng gay marriage and the ernor took an oath of office to uphold the laws of the state, ’ he said. ” “Bh replied his posn was “not based on hate or is discrimatory… I have said that tradnal marriage between a man and a woman should be protected the Constutn if the urts le that gays n marry.

At a fundraiser for the Florida Fay Policy Council, a nservative group that backs such a ban, Bh said urts other stat overturng laws banng gay marriag have led him to the ncln that a change to the Florida Constutn might be necsary. The Florida Fay Policy Council is the same anizatn that prsed lawmakers and the urts last year to keep Terri Schiavo on a feedg tube and now is workg toward givg voters a chance to ci whether a gay-marriage ban should be wrten to the Florida Constutn. ” Acrdg to Newsmax: “‘I know for a fact that as relat to gay marriage and other social issu there is growg divergence of opn on this, ’ Bh tells Newsmax.

IS JEB BH 'EVOLVG' ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND OTHER GAY RIGHTS ISSU?

” Acrdg to the New York Tim: “As gay upl began to wed Florida after a urt lg, Jeb Bh, the state’s former ernor and long an opponent of same-sex marriag, stck a nciliatory note on Monday, tellg The New York Tim that ‘regardls of our disagreements, we have to rpect the le of law. ’ His ments to the Miami Herald after a round of golf Coral Gabl tracked past statements by the Republin, who has said the gay-marriage qutn should be cid at the state level.

But wh Miami-Da County ready to issue marriage licens to same-sex upl as early as Monday if a judge approv — and the rt of the state followg on Tuday — the historic change is bound to brg even more attentn to Bh’s somewhat guard take on gay rights. 2014: Bh Said “I Hope That We Can Show Rpect For The Good People On All Sis Of The Gay And Lbian Marriage Issue—Includg Couple Makg Lifetime Commments To Each Other…And Those Of Us Who Believe Marriage Is A Sacrament And Want To Safeguard Relig Liberty. ‘I hope that we n show rpect for the good people on all sis of the gay and lbian marriage issue – cludg upl makg lifetime mments to each other who are seekg greater legal protectns and those of who believe marriage is a sacrament and want to safeguard relig liberty.

Rters reported that “Republin Jeb Bh said a weekend rad terview that he do not believe the Constutn grants a right to gay marriage, emphasizg his support for ‘tradnal marriage. ’ The Supreme Court is expected by the end of June to make a landmark lg that uld make gay marriage the law of the land or return the cisn to dividual stat. […] He oppos legalized abortn, and supports term lims and a ballot measure that would ny homosexuals specific protectns unr state civil rights laws.

JEB BH PRINTIAL MPAIGN, 2016/GAY RIGHTS

” In an edorial the Miami Herald, Bh said, “Re: the June 20 Herald edorial Bigotry and s mouthpiec about the gubernatorial ndidat’ posn on homosexualy and special legal rights for homosexuals: Homosexualy is wrong, but is also wrong to discrimate agast homosexuals employment, hog, etc., solely on the basis of sexual preference.

” [ Acrdg to the New York Tim, an e-mail to a gay Floridian lookg for a job Bh’s admistratn who asked if his sexual orientatn would be a problem, Bh rpond: “‘On the other stuff, don’t ask, don’t tell is fe wh me, ’ Mr. Pence, but he said that the ‘better approach’ would have been “nsens-oriented, ” like the effort red-state Utah, where gay rights advot and the Mormon Church negotiated the particulars of an antidiscrimatn bill. ” Discsg Indiana’s Right To Discrimate RFRA Bill wh Hugh Hewt, Bh said that while there were no stanc of LGBT people beg nied service, “But there are cints of people who, for example, the florist Washgton state who had a bs that, based on her nscience, she uldn’t be participatg a gay weddg, anizg , even though the person, one of the people was a iend of hers.

” […] “When the employee followed up to ask specifilly whether he would support anti-discrimatn laws for LGBT Amerins for their hog and employment—the next target for gay rights marriage advot—Bh said he would at the state level. But when prsed by an employee who intified himself as gay about whether he would support legislatn barrg such discrimatn employment and hog, Bh said: ‘I thk this should be done state by state, I totally agree wh that.

JEB BH, THE 'GAY-IENDLY REPUBLIN,' IS STILL ALL ABOUT THAT BASE

’ Asked if that rponse meant Bh opposed feral legislatn to provi workplace protectns for gays and transgenr workers, a mpaign spokperson said, ‘Governor Bh's answer speaks for self. He argued s discrimatn for a florist to refe to sell flowers to someone bee they're gay, but that florist should be allowed to refe to provi flowers for a same-sex weddg.

Many of the morn victim movements – the gay rights movement, the femist movement, the black empowerment movement – have attempted to get people to view themselv as part of a smaller group servg of somethg om society. Sekulow, the 32-year-old executive director of the Amerin Center for Law and Jtice (ACLJ), is notor wh LGBT advocy circl for his support of anti-gay legislatn abroad, particularly Ai, where he has worked to keep homosexualy a crimal offense. In Zimbabwe, where homosexualy was outlawed 2006, they ‘phed an agenda that backs outlawg same-sex marriage and makg sure that homosexualy ‘rema[s] a crimal activy.

JEB BH SAYS CHRISTIAN BS OWNERS CAN REFE TO SERVE GAY WEDDGS

After Failg To Defeat Kenya’s Constutn The ACLJ Promised To Go To Court And To “Carry Out Further Civic Edutn To Warn People Of The Dangers Of Homosexualy. ” “The EFZ/ACLJ pamphlet also lls for nstutnal prohibns on both abortn, by fg life as ‘begng at nceptn, ’ and on attempts to reform the untry’s laws crimalizg homosexualy. Bh Told Constuent That While He Has “Not Been A Vol Opponent Of The Gay And Lbian Liftyle, I Am Not In Favor Of Liftg The Ban” On Same-Sex Adoptn Bee That Would Indite Endorsement By The State Of “This Particular Liftyle.

An ai drafts a rponse to a nstuent over the issue, wrg, ‘While I rpect the great diversy of our state, and have not been a vol opponent of the gay and lbian liftyle, I am not favor of liftg the ban on gay and lbian adoptns. ’ Bradshaw then emailed, ‘Don’t you remember the about [Kathleen Kearney, then-secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Fai] prentg an award to a gay uple for beg stellar foster parents?