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Trump\u2019s Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo states he does not support marriage equality during confirmation hearing<\/b><\/p>\n

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Senator Booker and Senator Shaheen question Pompeo on anti-LGBTQ record following GLAAD campaign<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK <\/strong>\u2013 GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization today expressed outrage toward President Trump\u2019s nominee for Secretary of State after Mike Pompeo confirmed<\/a> that he is against marriage equality during his confirmation hearing after being grilled about his record by Sen. Cory Booker. Last Friday, GLAAD campus ambassador Tony Hernandez hand-delivered<\/a> research<\/a> about Pompeo\u2019s anti-LGBTQ record to the Senate offices of all 21 members of the committee along with letters from GLAAD\u2019s President, Sarah Kate Ellis, urging the senators to question Pompeo about his close ties to the designated anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council.<\/p>\n

Mike Pompeo<\/strong>: \u201cWhen I was a politician I had a very clear view on whether it was appropriate for two-same sex<\/a> persons to marry. I stand by that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Booker<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u201cSo you do not believe it is appropriate for two gay<\/a> people to marry?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Pompeo<\/strong>: \u201cSenator, I continue to hold that view.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo doesn’t believe that gay<\/a> people should be able to get married. How is he going to protect LGBTQ people around the world? #AskPompeo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XzHk2E5Hvl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GLAAD (@glaad) April 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMike Pompeo’s reaffirmed opposition to marriage equality and LGBTQ rights further proves that he is dangerously wrong to serve as our Nation\u2019s chief diplomat,\u201d said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cHis personal ties to anti-LGBTQ hate groups and clear refusal to support the hard-fought equal rights of the LGBTQ community make him wholly unqualified to promote human rights abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier in the committee Sen. Jeanne Shaheen also confronted Mike Pompeo about his anti-LGBTQ record, directly asking<\/a> him: \u201cDuring your tenure in Congress you have made statement that have been described as anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT rights, so how would you as Secretary of State reconcile those positions and statements that you have taken in Congress with the need to represent America\u2019s values and defend human rights?\u201d<\/p>\n

In Pompeo\u2019s answer to Shaheen, he told<\/a> Americans to \u201clook at my record\u201d and claimed that he always promoted people within the CIA on merit regardless of religion or sexual orientation. This response failed to address his close personal ties<\/a> to the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, which openly supported Uganda\u2019s efforts to punish and execute LGBTQ citizens \u2013 known as the \u201cKill the Gays Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Mike Pompeo wants the people to look at his record, we have provided more information about his anti-LGBTQ record and ties to FRC below via GLAAD\u2019s Trump Accountability Project<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mike Pompeo\u2019s Connections to Family Research Council<\/u><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consulted with Tony Perkins while serving as CIA Director: <\/strong>\u201cPompeo has consulted with Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled an anti-gay<\/a> hate group.\u201d [The Washington Post; 8.24.17<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Has made (at least) six appearances on Family Research Council\u2019s anti-LGBTQ radio show<\/strong>. Live with Tony Perkins: October 6, 2016<\/a>; March 22, 2016<\/a>; July 26, 2016<\/a>; September 3; 2015<\/a>; July 22, 2015<\/a>; May 5, 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Family Research Council endorsed Mike Pompeo during his re-election to the U.S. House in 2014, specifically citing his \u201csupport for marriage\u201d and \u201ctraditional family values\u201d as reasons behind their support: <\/strong>The culture has been challenged beyond all reasonable limits. The strong, conservative men<\/a> and women<\/a> elected in 2010 and 2012 need reinforcements\u2026The votes you have cast on the life issue reflect your concern for mother and child and your support for marriage as between one man<\/a> and one woman<\/a>.\u201d [Pompeo for Congress, 3.5.14<\/a>]<\/p>\n

One of thirty House of Representative members to join the Family Research Council on an amicus brief challenging the Affordable Care Act<\/strong> in the case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius. [FRC; 10.27.11<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Anti-LGBTQ Record of the Family Research Council (FRC)<\/u><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actively lobbied against a congressional resolution denouncing Uganda\u2019s \u201ckill the gays<\/a> bill:\u201d<\/strong> \u201cThe blog Joe. My. God.,working with a reporter from Gay City News, reported that the conservative Family Research Council spent $25,000 “to lobby Congress against approving a resolution denouncing Uganda’s plan to execute homosexuals. The site posted three screencaps from the Family Research Council’s lobbying report; they suggest $25,000 was spent on lobbying what FRC described as “Res.1064Ugandan ResolutionPro-homosexual promotion.” [CBS News; 6.4.10<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Claimed the Ugandan bill that aimed to punish and execute LGBTQ people \u201cupholds moral conduct:<\/strong>\u201d The President [Obama] criticized Ugandan leaders for considering enhanced penalties for crimes related to homosexuality\u2026The President said that “We may disagree about gay<\/a> marriage, “but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays<\/a> and lesbians<\/a> for who they are.” Mr. President as long as you characterize efforts to uphold moral conduct that protects others and in particular the most vulnerable, as attacking people, civility will continue to evade us.\u201d [Family Research Council via the Internet Archive; 2.4.10<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Opposed overturning Texas “Homosexual Conduct” law, which criminalized consensual sexual intimacy between same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cTo extend homosexual sodomy the same protections given to the marital union would undermine the definition of marriage and could open the door for homosexual marriage. The court should demonstrate judicial humility and decline to deconstruct in radical and revolutionary ways the bedrock social institution of marriage.\u2019\u201d [Family Research Council via the Internet Archive; 6.25.03<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Spent over $75,000 to lobby to keep \u201cDon\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell\u201d in place: <\/strong>\u201cThe\u00a0Traditional Values Coalition\u00a0and the\u00a0Family Research Council, have each spent more than $75,000 so far on their overall lobbying expenditures this year. Both groups support keeping the \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d policy in place.\u201d [Open Secrets; 11.3.10<\/a>]. Family Research Council President, Tony Perkins, also claimed there is “blood of young marines” on hands of legislators who voted to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. <\/strong>[YouTube, Right Wing Watch; 11.20.10<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Lobbied against LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes legislation<\/strong>: \u201cSocial conservatives said the hate crimes bill would violate the First Amendment, and would be a step toward a larger gay<\/a> rights agenda they oppose. \u2018Expanding hate crimes puts America in lock step with the stated agenda of homosexual activists who will turn next to the so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act, followed by the repeal of the ban on homosexuality in the military and then the Defense of Marriage Act,\u2019 the Family Research Council warned on its Web site.\u201d [The Washington Post; 10.23.09<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Printed and disturbed flyers defending the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy: <\/strong>\u201cAlthough much attention has been focused on counseling techniques or therapies for unwanted same-sex<\/a> attractions and on the work of \u201cex-gay<\/a>\u201d ministries, there is startling evidence that considerable numbers of people experience significant change in some aspects of sexual orientation, particularly their behavior, quite spontaneously, without therapeutic intervention.\u201d[Family Research Council via the Internet Archive; 7.5.10<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Testified in favor of anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy before legislative bodies in New Hampshire, Washington D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts, and Vermont: \u201c<\/strong>Testimony by Peter Sprigg in Opposition to New Hampshire House Bill S. 587-FN\u201d [Family Research Council; 2.21.17<\/a>], \u201cFRC’s Peter Sprigg Testifies before D.C. Council on Proposed Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Ban\u201d [Family Research Council; 6.27.14<\/a>], \u201cFRC’s Peter Sprigg Testifies Before MD State House in Opposition to Bill Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Therapy for Minors\u201d [Family Research Council; 3.2.18<\/a>], \u201cFamily Research Council Expert Testifies Before Massachusetts General Court\u201d [Family Research Council; 6.7.17<\/a>], Testimony by Peter Sprigg in Opposition to Vermont Bill S. 132 [Family Research Council; 2.26.16<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Lobbied against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act<\/strong> (ENDA)<\/strong> proposed legislation that would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [Open Secrets; bills FRC lobbied, 2013<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Mike Pompeo\u2019s Personal Anti-LGBTQ Record<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Vowed to continue to fight against abortion, marriage equality, and related matters “each and every day:\u201d<\/strong> As a Kansan, I hold a deep reverence for the sanctity of life, the solidarity of family, and the solemnity of marriage. I will continue the fight to uphold these fundamental ideals each and every day…I also fully support the traditional institution of marriage. Strong families are the most important building block of our Republic, and we must preserve them for the sake of our community and our culture. [Vote Smart; 1.1.13<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Insists\u00a0<\/strong>families with same-sex<\/a> parents are less “ideal”: <\/strong>“I think as you look back at civilization, look back at history, you find the strength of these families having a father and a mother is the ideal condition for childbearing,” Pompeo said. “Doesn’t mean there aren’t great families with single parents, great young men<\/a> and women<\/a> raised without either parent. If you’re asking for what is ideal, I think it’s being raised by a man<\/a> and a woman<\/a>.” [Vote Smart; 10.22.14<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Opposed the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, suggesting that “when you enter the army you give up a few of your rights, <\/strong>there\u2019s a few things that you can\u2019t do that we get to do a civilians, so I would not a have supported that policy\u2014or would.\u201d [YouTube; September 23, 2010 District 4 Congressional Debate; 9.14.10<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Called the US Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling granting marriage equality to all fifty states as “a shocking abuse of power:\u201d <\/strong>\u201cCreating, out of nowhere, a federal right to marry, flies in the face of centuries of shared understanding of our Constitution,” Pompeo said in an email Friday. “It is a shocking abuse of power. It is wrong. I will continue to fight to protect our most sacred institutions; Kansans and our nation deserve no less.” [Vote Smart; 6.26.15<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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