{"id":53918,"date":"2017-06-15T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ed-gillespies-anti-lgbtq-activism-should-be-a-red-flag-for-virginians\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:00:29","slug":"ed-gillespies-anti-lgbtq-activism-should-be-a-red-flag-for-virginians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ed-gillespies-anti-lgbtq-activism-should-be-a-red-flag-for-virginians\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Gillespie&#8217;s anti-LGBTQ activism should be a red flag for Virginians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Ed Gillespie&#8217;s anti-LGBTQ activism should be a red flag for Virginians<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Gillespie\u2019s record mirrors Trump Administration\u2019s record of erasing LGBTQ Americans from fabric of this nation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today called on all media outlets following Ed Gillespie to consider reporting on his troublesome anti-LGBTQ record, which includes discriminatory statements and actions against the community.<\/p>\n<p>Gillespie has been described as a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2017\/04\/16\/gops-june-primary-for-virginia-governor-heats-up-in-early-debate.html\">moderate<\/a>\u201d politician, however, his record tells a different story. In fact, Gillespie\u2019s actions prove to be eerily similar to President Trump\u2019s erasure agenda on LGBTQ Americans \u2013 including his <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> for North Carolina-like policies that would directly put <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2017\/04\/05\/va-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-make-anti-trans-comments\/\">transgender Virginians<\/a> in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>With this discriminatory and harming record following Ed Gillespie, it should come as no surprise that he could embrace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/trump\">the same anti-LGBTQ record<\/a> that has embodied the Trump Administration since Day One of the Trump Presidency. This includes Gillespie\u2019s own push for anti-transgender legislation and opposition to marriage equality for LGBTQ Americans &#8211; directly in line with top officials within the Trump Administration. Take a look below at how Ed Gillespie\u2019s record could harm LGBTQ Virginians in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKGROUND INFORMATION: ED GILLESPIE ANTI-LGBTQ RECORD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Opposition to Marriage Equality<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insurancenewsnet.com\/oarticle\/GOPs-Gillespie-visits-Spotsylvania-dubs-Warner-very-vulnerable-a-488452\">Opposes marriage equality<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I believe in my faith,\u2019 which says marriage is between a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> and a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>, he said. \u2018<strong>So I don\u2019t believe in government sanction of same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> marriage<\/strong>.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li>While chair of the Republican Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20040302075202\/http:\/www.gop.com\/News\/Read.aspx?ID=3885\">called on the GOP to<\/a> \u201cpursue whatever policy is necessary\u201d to stop marriage equality: \u201cThe Republican Party platform is clear: We believe marriage is the legal union of one <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> and one <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a>. <strong>We must pursue whatever policy is necessary to protect this institution, including a Federal Marriage Amendment to the United States Constitution<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/09\/20\/bush-in-2008-im-not-going_n_292876.html\">Reportedly pressed<\/a> former president George W. Bush to add extra lines to a 2008 commencement speech that explicitly condemned marriage equality.<\/li>\n<li>As senior adviser to Mitt Romney\u2019s 2012 presidential campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bh4M6tfQVVs\"><strong>advocated for<\/strong><\/a><strong> a federal marriage amendment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/scott-whitlock\/2010\/08\/26\/abcs-david-muir-could-gay-white-house-staffer-have-dissuaded-bush\"><strong>Classified<\/strong><\/a><strong> judicial rulings on marriage equality as \u201cunhealthy<\/strong>\u201d: \u201cWe&#8217;ve had courts injecting themselves into this decision making process, into the political process, in a way I think is generally unhealthy for unelected judges to make decisions about whether or not government should sanction <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage or not.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Support of Anti-Trans Measures\/Policies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2017\/04\/05\/va-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-make-anti-trans-comments\/\"><strong>Advocated for<\/strong><\/a><strong> North Carolina\u2013styled \u201cbathroom bill.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>His campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/va-lawmaker-presses-fellow-republicans-on-transgender-bathroom-bill\/2017\/01\/12\/a3c22dee-d8e9-11e6-9f9f-5cdb4b7f8dd7_story.html?utm_term=.d1b66a127a9a\">derisively said of his position on transgender bathroom access<\/a>: \u201cEd doesn\u2019t think <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a> should be compelled to share a locker room shower or hotel room on an overnight band trip with <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boys<\/a>.\u201d Gillespie believes that parents and local school boards should \u201cenact common-sense policies to protect the safety and privacy of our children.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Claimed Being LGBTQ as a \u201cChoice\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2003\/sep\/22\/20030922-115106-3739r\/\"><strong>Once claimed<\/strong><\/a><strong> LGBTQ people are making a \u201cchoice\u201d and that asking for acceptance is \u201creligious bigotry\u201d<\/strong>: \u201cI accept people for who they are &#8211; and love them. That doesn\u2019t mean I have to agree or turn my back on the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality. I think when people say, \u2018Well, no. That\u2019s not enough that you accept me for who I am, you have to agree with &#8211; and condone &#8211; my choice,\u2019 that, to me, is religious bigotry, and I believe that\u2019s intolerant. I think they are the ones that are crossing the line here.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>June 15, 2017<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Issues:\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/issues\/news\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Tags:\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/tags\/political-news\">political news<\/a>, <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/tags\/news\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/blog\/ed-gillespies-anti-lgbtq-activism-should-be-red-flag-virginians\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.glaad.org\/blog\/ed-gillespies-anti-lgbtq-activism-should-be-red-flag-virginians<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Gillespie&#8217;s anti-LGBTQ activism should be a red flag for Virginians Gillespie\u2019s record mirrors Trump Administration\u2019s record of erasing LGBTQ Americans from fabric of this nation NEW YORK \u2013 GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today called on all media outlets following Ed Gillespie to consider reporting on his troublesome anti-LGBTQ record, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ed-gillespies-anti-lgbtq-activism-should-be-a-red-flag-for-virginians\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ed Gillespie&#8217;s anti-LGBTQ activism should be a red flag for Virginians<\/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-53918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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