GOP ndidate for Geia ernor, Karen Hanl, a recent terview for lol Geia televisn, offers no reasons for opposg gay adoptn. She jt do: Q: So you thk gay upl are ls qualified to functn as parents than straight upl? A: I thk that for a child to be a hoehold — a fay …
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- KAREN HANL, JON OSSOFF’S OPPONENT, RE-AFFIRMS HER EXTREME ANTI-GAY STANCE
- GA GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL KAREN HANL WOULD OUTLAW GAY ADOPTN
- KAREN HANL: ‘MY FAH LLS ME TO A DIFFERENT PLACE’ ON GAY ADOPTN
- KAREN HANL: ‘I WOULD NSIR’ BANNG GAY ADOPTN
- TMP’S PICK GEIA 6TH RACE WANTS TO OUTLAW GAY ADOPTNS
KAREN HANL, JON OSSOFF’S OPPONENT, RE-AFFIRMS HER EXTREME ANTI-GAY STANCE
Karen Hanl, the likely Republin ndidate for Geia ernor, says she would outlaw gay adoptn * karen handel on gay adoption *
While Gallup reports that 63 percent of Amerins now believe gay upl should have the right to adopt, 35 percent oppose .
GA GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL KAREN HANL WOULD OUTLAW GAY ADOPTN
A sgle straight le nnot be drawn om the Bible to the issue of gay adoptn. If the most favorable environment for raisg children is a home wh a male and female parent, some argue, then gay adoptn robs a child of a chance to experience God’s bt. But let’s be clear: The choice is not whether a child will be adopted by a gay uple or a straight uple.
KAREN HANL: ‘MY FAH LLS ME TO A DIFFERENT PLACE’ ON GAY ADOPTN
It is between beg adopted by a gay uple or not beg adopted at all. If believers want to oppose gay adoptn, then they should beg helpg the lns of children who need a home and a fay. "Hanl endorsed gay adoptn" 2003 when she was nng for chairwoman of the Fulton County Commissn.
Nathan Deal is portrayg gubernatorial ndidate Karen Hanl as out of step wh Geia Republins bee she allegedly supported gay adoptn seven years a statement published the Rome Tribune, Deal lashed out at Hanl for what he says were her posns her race seven years ago for chairwoman of the Fulton County Commissn. Deal’s mpaign is quoted as sayg: "Actually, 2003 isn't so ‘old, ’ and the tth is that Hanl endorsed gay adoptn when she mpaigned for Fulton County Commissn chair 2003 while urtg vot and fund-raisg. The gay muny is a polilly active and powerful force wh Fulton County.
KAREN HANL: ‘I WOULD NSIR’ BANNG GAY ADOPTN
Makg nice wh that muny n help you get elected cy and unty polics, and both Democrats and Republins urt the gay statewi polics the landspe tilts very nservative. Endorsg gay adoptn uld molish a Republin or Democratic bid for any statewi office Geia.
Hanl has steadfastly nied Deal’s allegatn and is on the rerd as an opponent of gay adoptn more recent mpaigns. In her succsful n for secretary of state 2006 and her current gubernatorial bid, she has opposed allowg gay people to adopt children.
"Although the secretary of state's office has zero fluence on legislative polici, Hanl’s Web se featur her opns on abortn, domtic partnerships and gay adoptns, all of which she oppos, " said the Oct.
TMP’S PICK GEIA 6TH RACE WANTS TO OUTLAW GAY ADOPTNS
16, 2006, ’s allegatn is that Hanl backed gay adoptn when she was nng for office at the lol level only to flip-flop when she got to the state arena. Deal has also acced Hanl of once beg a member of the Log Cab Republins, a GOP gay rights anizatn. We will addrs that allegatn a future PoliFact Geia this round, we ncentrated solely on Deal’s assertn that Hanl had once backed gay adoptn.
Deal’s mpaign strategists base their allegatn on a sgle statement by Marc Yeager, former print of the Geia Log Cab Republins, the now-funct Southern Voice, a newspaper that tered to the gay an Aug. "Hanl’s mp said the gubernatorial hopeful never backed gay adoptn. "Nathan Deal should put down the gay tabloid and try to fd a real source for his false attacks, " said Dan McLagan, a spokman for the Hanl tried to ntact Yeager numero tim, but he did not return our lls.