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okaawhatever

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Wed Nov 6, 2013, 08:31 PM Nov 2013

Wanted to post this for LGBT friends, esp. those in Florida. Rubio to headline Anti-Gay Fundraiser

The Florida Family Policy Council announced today that it will host Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at its 2013 Annual Dinner. The FFPC is led by John Stemberger, the anti-gay activist who most recently helped launch a Boy Scouts splinter group that will ban openly gay youth, and the fundraiser will honor Liberty Counsel head Mat Staver.

Stemberger and Staver are far outside of the mainstream, but with Rubio preparing for a possible presidential run in 2016 he may use this event, much like his speech at the Values Voter Summit, to soothe any doubts about his right-wing credentials

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- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/marco-rubio-headline-anti-gay-fundraiser#sthash.fIEbNJDn.dpuf


Looks like the race to see who is most evil among Republican candidates is on...

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Wanted to post this for LGBT friends, esp. those in Florida. Rubio to headline Anti-Gay Fundraiser (Original Post) okaawhatever Nov 2013 OP
Gee how did I guess that an organization with "Family" in their name was involved? Initech Nov 2013 #1
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