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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarco Rubio to Keynote Fund-raiser for Org. Backing 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
U.S. senator Marco Rubio of Florida is set to deliver the keynote address at an annual fund-raiser for the Florida Family Policy Council, an antigay group that counts a veritable who's who of right-wing, homophobic activists and pundits among its honorees.
Mother Jones reports that Rubio will be one of the featured speakers at the annual fund-raiser for the conservative group, which supports "ex-gay" or "reparative" therapy, aimed at turning gay people straight.
The fund-raiser, taking place Saturday, will honor of Mat Staver, the rabid anti-LGBT activist, dean of the right-wing Liberty University's law school, and founder of Liberty Counsel, which recently filed a lawsuit aimed at striking down New Jersey's recently passed ban on "ex-gay" therapy. A federal district court in Newark rejected that suit and upheld the law in a ruling issued Friday, declaring that the ban on licensed therapists practicing the scientifically discredited "therapy" "restricts neither speech nor religious expression." After California passed similar legislation late last year, New Jersey became the second state to outlaw use of the harmful practice on minors.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/11/12/marco-rubio-keynote-fund-raiser-org-backing-ex-gay-therapy
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)organization, it's crystal clear that Repukes have made all of the right moves to cope with changing demographics!
William769
(55,146 posts)I guess that ship has sailed.
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)gets caught in some rest stop
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)who is still a Rubio fan. At least he is until he reads it.