Newly Out Ken Mehlman Continues To Fund Many Anti-Gay Politicians

[WillParkinson]

Newly Out Ken Mehlman Continues To Fund Many Anti-Gay Politicians

He may be out now, but Michael Jones reports at Change.org that Ken Mehlman continues to fund numerous politicians who are working day and night to repress his fellow homosexuals.

or those questioning Mehlman's motives in coming out, or his commitment to really advancing LGBT equality, his political donation history certainly won't quell any skittish nerves. Look him up on opensecrets.org, and you'll see that Kenneth Mehlman has given money to a wide range of politicians working to take away rights for LGBT Americans. There's $2,400 to Missouri Republican Roy Blunt, who has voted to add a marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage, as well as to ban gay adoption. There's $2,400 to Sen. John McCain, who wants to keep gay servicemembers out of the military.

There's $1,000 to Ben Quayle, who is running for Congress in Arizona and who just labeled Barack Obama the worst President in history, and who just sent out a mailer to voters touting his opposition to marriage equality. There's $2,400 to Illinois Republican Mark Kirk, who voted to keep "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in place (and who himself is subject to lots of rumors about his sexual orientation). There's $2,400 to Utah Republican Sen. Robert Bennett, who tried to stop marriage equality from becoming a reality in Washington, D.C. And the list goes on and on and includes Republicans like Rob Portman, Kelly Ayotte, Bob Corker, Richard Shelby, and Johnny Isakson, all of whom have taken positions completely contrary to full equality for LGBT Americans.

I believe hookers call that "working both sides of the street."

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/08/newly-out-ken-mehlman-continues-to-fund.html

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1. If you donate money to Obama

you're also funding an "anti-gay politician."

If you're in favor of gay rights and full franchise for gay citizens, you really can't donate to either party under this logic.

[jonnyblitz]

2. that's always my IMMEDIATE first thought when i read something

like this or when everybody is gasping at how outrageous it is for a gay person to be a republican. I look at gays who put their "Obama love" before their gay community as being no different than the log cabin people they and others decry and, YES, I have no room to talk as long as I vote for anti-gay DEMS!

[beyurslf]

4. There is a difference in not supporting full marriage equality and actively campigning

on people's fear and hatred of gay people.

[Unvanguard]

3. So does Ted Olson. n/t