"Virginia Republicans are offering voters one of the most paradoxical statewide tickets in recent memory. Winsome Earle-Sears, the state's Black lieutenant governor and now the GOP's gubernatorial nominee, is running alongside John Reid, a white, gay conservative radio host seeking the lieutenant governorship. Reid's longtime partner, Alonzo Mable, who is Black, serves on Virginia's LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. The ticket is historic in its visibility-Reid would be Virginia's first out gay statewide officeholder-but"
"According to archived survey results, first reported by Virginia Mercury, she pledged to stop same-sex couples from adopting children, to refuse to hire what the survey described as "homosexual activists," and to block any effort by same-sex couples to receive tax benefits through joint filings. She said she would reject support from "the homosexual lobby," back a federal constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, oppose adding sexual orientation to nondiscrimination laws, and vote against hate crimes protections."
Winsome Earle-Sears is the state's Black lieutenant governor and the GOP's gubernatorial nominee running with John Reid, a white, openly gay conservative. Reid's partner, Alonzo Mable, is Black and serves on the state's LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. The ticket combines historic visibility with stark contradictions in LGBTQ+ policy. In 2004 Earle-Sears pledged to stop same-sex adoption, reject the "homosexual lobby," back a federal ban on marriage equality, oppose adding sexual orientation to nondiscrimination laws, and vote against hate-crimes protections. She labeled homosexuality "an immoral lifestyle choice" and said she would support impeaching judges who "legislate the homosexual agenda from the bench." Last year she signed a bipartisan marriage-equality measure but remained "morally opposed."
Read at Advocate.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]