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Related: About this forumFormer progressive, now anti-gay queen, Sam Arora takes name off marriage equality bill in Maryland
http://gay.americablog.com/2012/02/former-progressive-now-anti-gay-queen.htmlThe Maryland House's version of marriage equality legislation was introduced today, and one name was notably absent: Sam Arora's. You remember Sam Arora. He got elected with the help of a lot of Netroots friends in Washington, DC by promising to be a progressive Democrat. Among other things, Arora promised when he ran for office that he would be an ardent support of gay rights and gay marriage. And he was, for a few months, until something happened behind closed doors and suddenly Arora's position changed. He's now an anti-gay bigot. But he still won't say what happened behind the scenes that "changed" his mind. I'll leave it to you to guess what kind of things "change a politician's mind" in private, but it's usually nothing good. It is odd that Arora won't come out and tell his constituents what happened.
Sam Arora better enjoy the next few years in office because they'll be his last in Democratic politics. Remember his name. Because we will.
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Former progressive, now anti-gay queen, Sam Arora takes name off marriage equality bill in Maryland (Original Post)
MNBrewer
Feb 2012
OP
Lots of them 'change their mind' and not one of them, including the President, offers
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2012
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gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)1. Wonder is some one either threatened him
or paid him off?
Skinner
(63,645 posts)2. Jesus fucking Christ. He did it again?!?!
Unbelievable.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)3. Lots of them 'change their mind' and not one of them, including the President, offers
any sort of explanation for their great 180 spin toward intolerance nor are they pressed to do so.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)5. Re: the President
Political expediency explains it quite well. *sigh*
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)4. Come out, Sam!
Come OUT and tell us what's been used to blackmail you.