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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
Mon May 18, 2015, 04:26 PM May 2015

Hillary Clinton to visit one of first gay couples to marry in Iowa

MASON CITY, Iowa – On her second trip to this key presidential state Monday, Hillary Clinton will meet with local Democratic activists at the home of one of the first gay couples to marry in the state, according to a campaign aide.

Dean Genth and Gary Swenson are longtime activists who got married in 2009 on the first day same-sex unions became legal in the state. Both supported Barack Obama over Clinton during the 2008 caucus, but are now backing the former secretary of state.

They’ll be joined by other local Democratic activists as part of Clinton’s effort to show she’s heavily invested in grassroots organizing in the key presidential state, which gave her an embarrassing third-place finish during her first presidential run.

“#Hillary2016 is ramping up one person, one conversation, one community at a time,” her campaign tweeted Monday morning, encouraging followers to volunteer.

Genth is the vice chairman of the Cerro Gordo County Democratic Party and he and Swenson hosted 2014 Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley and others last year.

Clinton has leaned into LGBT rights since announcing her candidacy last month. Two gay couples appeared in her announcement video, and one of the first policy positions her campaign endorsed was to encourage the Supreme Court to affirm a constitutional right for same-sex marriage.


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On Tuesday, Clinton will appear at a bike shop in Cedar Falls to discuss her vision for small businesses, another emerging theme of her campaign.

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Hillary Clinton to visit one of first gay couples to marry in Iowa (Original Post) OKNancy May 2015 OP
I assume she is going to tell them they are sinners, and while she may tolerate their existence randys1 May 2015 #1
Cool story Gothmog May 2015 #2
Thanks for the information! Iliyah May 2015 #3

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. I assume she is going to tell them they are sinners, and while she may tolerate their existence
Mon May 18, 2015, 04:30 PM
May 2015

on this earth that their sin is terrible and they must ask forgiveness and stop being Homosexual, right?










MUST be, because I hear ALL the time that she is really no different from the cons who are running for President and almost all of them would say that.

I hope like hell Bernie beats her and becomes the candidate.



but

if not

You wont be able to stop me from working on her campaign if you had a bazooka and a cannon.

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