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Contents:
- WHAT ‘CONSERVATIV FOR GAY MARRIAGE’ FET
- CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
WHAT ‘CONSERVATIV FOR GAY MARRIAGE’ FET
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CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Hoe legislatn difyg protectns for gay marriage passed spe the fact that a big majory of the Hoe Republin uc opposed . * conservatives on gay marriage *
Bh’s 2004 printial n, apologized for the anti-same-sex marriage rhetoric of that mpaign and for his role fightg marriage equaly, while announcg that he was gay. Hedge fund billnaire and Republin donor Pl Sger quietly donated to pro-gay rights and formed the Amerin Uny PAC and Amerin Uny Fund, which fights for LGBTQ and relig eedom. The real breakthrough, gay Republin operativ say, me wh the nomatn of Donald Tmp.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
Though evangelils flocked to his ndidacy, nservative gay rights activists also saw an opportuny. A smopolan md bs person, Tmp did not prrize LGBTQ issu durg his mpaign and, fact, ma overt appeals to gay voters, though not by pledgg support for laws to protect them. “For the first time we got to walk to the race wh a ndidate we didn’t have to apologize for or expla away his reluctance to embrace the gay muny.
Probably Reagan was the last ndidate where we were like ‘this ndidate has gay iends, ’” said Charl Moran, spokperson for Log Cab Republins, a LGBTQ GOP group.