Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Tulsi Gabbard once touted working for anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN

Updated 8:27 PM ET, Sun January 13, 2019
Gabbard taking heat over past anti-gay comments
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(CNN)Rep. Tulsi Gabbard in the early 2000s touted working for her father's anti-gay organization, which mobilized to pass a measure against same-sex marriage in Hawaii and promoted controversial conversion therapy.

Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii, said Friday in an interview with CNN's Van Jones that she will seek her party's nomination for president in 2020. Her past views and activism in opposition to LGBT rights in the late 90s and early 2000s, which put her out of step with most of the Democratic Party at the time, have come under more intense scrutiny since her announcement.
Although Gabbard's positions on LGBT rights have shifted dramatically in more recent years (she signed a 2013 amicus brief supporting Edith Windsor's challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act), the extent of Gabbard's past anti-gay activism has already drawn criticism from prominent Democrats and will likely be a major issue for her as she seeks the party's nomination.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics/kfile-tulsi-gabbard-lgbt/index.html

I wonder if people defending her would be so forgiving if other groups were the target of her animus. Would we forgive someone who favored discrimination against Jews, African Americans, Hispanics, Muslims, et cetera as late as the early aughts?

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. Why is she even a Democrat?

I won't be supporting her in the primaries. The Democratic Party can do so much better.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Some folks seem to think it's okay because her parent were homophobes.

I bet David Duke's parents were racists. Should we forgive him too?

[sweetloukillbot]

4. As an aside, David Duke supports Tulsi... nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. You're shitting me.

[jcgoldie]

6. Unfortunately not.

https://mauitime.com/news/politics/u-s-rep-tulsi-gabbard-rejects-white-supremacist-david-duke-support/

[sweetloukillbot]

7. Nope

He endorsed her for Trump's SoS. I'm not linking here though.

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. I agree with you

There's really no excuse for this. There are lots of people who grew up in bigoted households and aren't bigots themselves. I just can't see too many Democrats supporting her.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. She held those views to well into her twenties.

[apcalc]

3. That news kills her chances with me and many other Dems. Done. Toast.

[DownFromTheMountain]

8. Buh Bye

Wow, right out of the gate! The rub is now she's knackered for the near future. A future Independent? And OMG how did we not know these things before!!

[dhill926]

9. would love to see who's funding...

her candidacy....