{"id":39344,"date":"2016-06-14T18:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anderson-cooper-rails-against-florida-ag-are-you-really-a-champion-of-gay-rights\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T18:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:25:50","slug":"anderson-cooper-rails-against-florida-ag-are-you-really-a-champion-of-gay-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anderson-cooper-rails-against-florida-ag-are-you-really-a-champion-of-gay-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-5.22.43-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-06-14 at 5.22.43 PM\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\"><\/p>\n<p>When Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi ingratiated herself to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/tag\/anderson-cooper\">Anderson Cooper<\/a> during a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> CNN interview in Orlando, she surely expected the niceties to keep flowing hither and yon. After Bondi praised the reporter&nbsp;for calling out the names of the 49 victims massacred at Pulse nightclub, Cooper abruptly switched gears, pointing out her &ldquo;hypocrisy&rdquo; in regard to Florida&rsquo;s <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/nick-jonas-accused-queer-baiting-new-york-vigil-orlando-20160614\">Nick Jonas Accused Of &lsquo;Queer-Baiting&rsquo; At New York Vigil For Orlando<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw you the other day,&rdquo; he claimed, &ldquo;saying that anyone who attacks the LGBT community &mdash;&nbsp;<em>our<\/em> LGBT community, you said &mdash; will be gone after to the full extend of the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;I talked to a lot of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> people here yesterday who are not fans of yours and said that they thought you were being a hypocrite, that you for years have fought&mdash;you&rsquo;ve basically gone after <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people, said that in court that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people simply by fighting for marriage equality were trying to do harm to the people of Florida.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you really think you&rsquo;re a champion of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bondi did her best to sidestep the question, gingerly arguing that her opposition to marriage equality simply boiled down to the oath she took to uphold the law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.queerty.com\/wife-orlando-shooter-knew-murderous-plans-didnt-warn-police-20160614\">Wife Of Orlando Shooter Knew Of His Murderous Plans, Didn&rsquo;t Warn Police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never said I don&rsquo;t like <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people,&rdquo; she assured him.<\/p>\n<p>A bit of backstory: As <em>The Daily Beast<\/em> reports, Bondi filed a brief in May 2014 that claimed &ldquo;disrupting Florida&rsquo;s existing marriage laws would impose significant public harm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cooper inquired whether she was at all concerned that such language might &ldquo;send a message&rdquo; to people like Omar Mateen; potentially dangerous people who harbor dangerous animosity towards the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community and already have &ldquo;bad ideas in mind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi tried to smooth over the line of questioning, insisting she never thought <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage would cause &ldquo;harm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those words never came out of my mouth,&rdquo; she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what you argued in court,&rdquo; Cooper replied. &ldquo;The hotline that you&rsquo;ve been talking about on television, which allows family members and spouses of the dead to get information, which is incredibly important, and I appreciate you talking about on the air&hellip; had there been no <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage, no same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage, you do realize that spouses&mdash;there would be no spouses, that boyfriends and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girlfriends<\/a> of the dead would not be able to get information and would not be able to visit in the hospital here. Isn&rsquo;t there a sick irony in that?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi says she&rsquo;s gone one step further and assisted unmarried partners in their attempt to get information revoling around the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper emphasizes she&rsquo;d quite recently said the &ldquo;very idea&rdquo; that same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> should have that right:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Is it hypocritical to portray yourself as a champion of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community when&mdash;I&rsquo;m just reflecting what <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people told me&mdash;they don&rsquo;t see you as this?It&rsquo;s &nbsp;just that, I will say I have never really seen you talk about <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a> and transgender people in a positive way until now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bondi&rsquo;s battle against <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage cost Florida taxpayers around $500,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the highly charged exchange below:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=4v5H7veYaH0:Pf15-RFrbP8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=4v5H7veYaH0:Pf15-RFrbP8:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/4v5H7veYaH0\/anderson-cooper-rails-florida-ag-really-champion-gay-rights-20160614\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/4v5H7veYaH0\/anderson-cooper-rails-florida-ag-really-champion-gay-rights-20160614<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights? When Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi ingratiated herself to Anderson Cooper during a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> CNN interview in Orlando, she surely expected the niceties to keep flowing hither and yon. After Bondi praised the reporter&nbsp;for calling out the names of the 49 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/anderson-cooper-rails-against-florida-ag-are-you-really-a-champion-of-gay-rights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights?<\/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-39344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights? - 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\/anderson-cooper-rails-against-florida-ag-are-you-really-a-champion-of-gay-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights? - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A \u2018Champion\u2019 Of Gay Rights? 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