Openly gay San Diego poli Carl DeMa jos same-sex marriage wh Johnathan Hale - The San Diego Unn-Tribune

Contents:

• OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN CARL DEMA FEATUR PARTNER JOHNATHAN HALE IN CAMPAIGN AD
• STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT GAY REPUBLIN NGRSNAL NDIDATE CARL DEMA
• THE GAY REPUBLINS WHO MISSED OUT ON THEIR PARTY'S BIG W
• IN SAN DIEGO, GAY REPUBLIN FDS HE CAN’T COUNT ON GAY AND LBIAN VOTE

OPENLY GAY REPUBLIN CARL DEMA FEATUR PARTNER JOHNATHAN HALE IN CAMPAIGN AD

He’s a mted relatnship wh the publisher of a proment gay newspaper.

STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT GAY REPUBLIN NGRSNAL NDIDATE CARL DEMA

DeMa is a mted relatnship wh Johnathan Hale, the publisher of the San Diego Gay & Lbian News. Hale’s paper fought week by week wh a rival publitn, San Diego LGBT Weekly, about DeMa’s credibily the gay muny.

This article has also been updated to reflect the rrect spellg of Hale's You GoGay Marriage In The Uned StatPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Hale, who ns a social marketg bs and is print of the Hillcrt Bs Associatn, also publish the San Diego Gay and Lbian News, whose staff posted a story about the weddg onle Monday. 4, DeMa, who is openly gay, held an early Electn Day lead his race for the 52nd Congrsnal District seat held by Democrat Stt Peters.

” One of his ads picted him holdg hands wh Hale at a 2012 gay pri para, and received natnal notice The Wall Street Journal and The Huffgton Post. A San Diego Unn-Tribune edorial lled the spot “spible, ” warng that “gay-bag is unacceptable and unfivable.

THE GAY REPUBLINS WHO MISSED OUT ON THEIR PARTY'S BIG W

But Issa rejected cricism that the ad smacks of homophobia, sayg neher he — nor the voters – would nsir the word “gay” to be a slur. He add that many of his staff members, current and past, have been gay. Then Issa’s ad spends much of s n time accg the former San Diego Cy Councilman of supportg cizenship for “illegal aliens” while showg an image of three swlg tattooed men, prumed gang members, om El ad also highlighted negative ments DeMa has ma about Print Donald Tmp news articl which happened to feature headl emphasizg that DeMa is example one of the headl the ad om a 2018 article by the Los Angel Bla, an LGBT news source, and stat “Carl DeMa: California’s gay GOP kgmaker.

” Another om a 2013 article by The Hill, a DC-based publitn, and stat “Gay GOP Candidate: Party Mt Change. ”DeMa, who has been targeted by anti-gay attacks past mpaigns, did not ment on whether he fds this ad offensive. For good measure, you make him openly gay and a mted relatnship, the first to feature his partner mpaign lerature.

IN SAN DIEGO, GAY REPUBLIN FDS HE CAN’T COUNT ON GAY AND LBIAN VOTE

And he’s disptg all of the stance, DeMa has been the target of homophobic attacks. It’s not always om the far right social nservativ you’d expect; rather, ’s been om DeMa’s left – the liberal and Democrat-affiliated groups that you’d thk would be proud that an openly gay succsful bsman has cid to n for false attack drew the attentn of the San Diego Ethics Commissn.

"I've found more tolerance, acceptance and cln om social nservative groups who have to rencile that I'm a Republin who happens to be the tolerance the LGBT lears see me as a gay man who happens to be a Republin, " DeMa the race heats up and DeMa gas the polls ahead of the Republin primary on June 3rd, the LGBT groups have gone om silence about his ndidacy to actively workg agast him.

As we’ve seen, nobody do lockstep like the to me, DeMa’s story is different to bee cross the le om opposn to outright stance, The Victory Fund, which is a group that says supports any openly gay ndidate, first told him that he uldn’t w when he was nsirg nng for mayor 2008 agast the now disgraced former wner of that ntt, Bob Victory Fund not only cled to endorse DeMa, ’s mon knowledge San Diego that then gave his nfintial mpaign rmatn to the Democrats and bragged about . As DeMa says, “They uld stomach losg the Democratic hman's seat to a fire breathg stereotypil Republin - but an openly gay man? And an openly gay Republin a mted relatnship is surely not one of them.