{"id":12891,"date":"2015-01-12T12:02:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/illinois-governor-elect-bruce-rauner-appoints-anti-gay-pastor-james-meeks-to-state-education-board\/"},"modified":"2015-01-12T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:02:25","slug":"illinois-governor-elect-bruce-rauner-appoints-anti-gay-pastor-james-meeks-to-state-education-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/illinois-governor-elect-bruce-rauner-appoints-anti-gay-pastor-james-meeks-to-state-education-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Appoints Anti-Gay Pastor James Meeks To State Education Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Appoints Anti-Gay Pastor James Meeks To State Education Board<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb07d8106e970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0be0c9b970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meeks\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b8d0be0c9b970c-250wi\" title=\"Meeks\"><\/a>Meeks, pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago, endorsed Rauner for governor and backs the increased use of charter schools and vouchers as alternatives to traditional public education.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While Rauner has claimed that he had no social agenda, Meeks has been an active opponent of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Last year,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.equalityillinois.us\/\">Equality Illinois<\/a>, along with associated community members and elected officials,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/06\/chicagos-gay-community-shames-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-bruce-rauner.html\">unveiled a giant banner Rauner<\/a>, showcasing a 2013 statement that he would have vetoed the state&rsquo;s new marriage equality bill had it come to his desk as governor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In 2008, it was revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.gopride.com\/news\/article.cfm\/articleid\/5603104\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Barack Obama James Meeks\">Barack Obama often sought out Meeks<\/a> for &#8220;spiritual counsel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VT8uy6dht1E:k_ny1BFC4wg:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=VT8uy6dht1E:k_ny1BFC4wg:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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Meeks, pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago, endorsed Rauner for governor and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/illinois-governor-elect-bruce-rauner-appoints-anti-gay-pastor-james-meeks-to-state-education-board\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Appoints Anti-Gay Pastor James Meeks To State Education Board<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Appoints Anti-Gay Pastor James Meeks To State Education Board - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/illinois-governor-elect-bruce-rauner-appoints-anti-gay-pastor-james-meeks-to-state-education-board\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Appoints Anti-Gay Pastor James Meeks To State Education Board - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Illinois Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner Appoints Anti-Gay Pastor James Meeks To State Education Board Anti-gay Illinois Republican Governor-elect Bruce Rauner has appointed religious leader and homophobic former Democratic senator James Meeks&nbsp;(right) to head of the state Board of Education, reports the Chicago Tribune. 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