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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGay Son Of Indiana GOP Lawmaker 'Terribly Disappointed' Father Voted For Marriage Equality Ban
Gay Son Of Indiana GOP Lawmaker 'Terribly Disappointed' Father Voted For Marriage Equality Ban
WASHINGTON -- Indiana's House Elections and Apportionment Committee advanced a constitutional ban on marriage equality last week, voting 9-3 along party lines. Now, the gay son of the Republican committee chair who successfully pushed the measure through, state Rep. Milo Smith, is speaking out, saying he's "terribly disappointed" by what his father did.
Chris Smith first posted his thoughts on the Facebook page of the LGBT advocacy group Indiana Equality on Saturday, three days after his father's committee passed the ban.
"I'm not here to badmouth my dad," he wrote. "I'm terribly disappointed in his decision and beliefs, but he's not going to change them now if he hasn't after all these years of knowing I am gay. I am here to support you and my friends who remain in Indiana. They are my extended family."
On Sunday, he wrote another post on his own Facebook page that read, "My stand puts me in clear conflict with my own father, who is a state legislator and has voted to pass the resolution out of his committee and onto the full House for a vote."
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Full article with more quotes here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/27/milo-smith_n_4674998.html
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Gay Son Of Indiana GOP Lawmaker 'Terribly Disappointed' Father Voted For Marriage Equality Ban (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jan 2014
OP
bad thing
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)3. Milo Smith, elder in the First Christian Church
I'm sure your God would be proud.
Behind the Aegis
(53,949 posts)4. Homophobia is a lucrative market.
One has to feel for the number of people who are pitted against their own families for simply being who they are.