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NH: Republican Father Asks GOP: Would You Disown a Gay Child?

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

New Hampshire Gay Marriage RepealWhile Republicans focus their effort to overturn marriage equality in New Hampshire, one of the state’s rank-and-file Republicans is calling on them to consider his family’s story.

“Members of my political party and others know me to be a conservative who believes in God, liberty and family values,” wrote JP Marzullo, a vice chairman of the Contoocook Valley Republican Party, in the Concord Monitor. “What most of you do not know is that I have a gay son.”

Marzullo called on fellow Republicans to consider one question while deciding whether to overturn New Hampshire’s marriage equality law: “If you knew your child was gay would you disown him or her?”

Full Story from The Advocate

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Mother of Gay Son Posts You Tube Video of Target Boycott

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Last week, the Target Corporation gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, an anti-gay group supporting Republican Tom Emmer’s campaign for Minnesota governor.

According to a CBS News report, “Emmer is a fiery conservative who opposes gay marriage, lauds Arizona’s strict approach to illegal immigration, once advocated chemical castration for sex offenders and wants to lower taxes.”

Enter Randi Reitan, who has a gay son and whose repeated attempts to reach Target executives failed. So what did she do? She took her anger directly to her local Target and had a friend film the encounter.

Full Story from Gay.com

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