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NewsExaminer.net stated on December 23, 2016 in a website:

"Secret Service Agent Says Obama Is Muslim & Gay In New Tell-All Book"

By Joshua Gillin• December 27, 2016

Instagram posts stated on September 09, 2024 in a post:

Video shows Tim Walz “falsely claims that being gay in Nebraska is ‘illegal’"

By Grace Abels• September 11, 2024

Dennis Prager stated on November 08, 2021 in an interview with Newsmax:

"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2021

Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."

By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2014

Martin Frost stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO":

Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

By Martha M. Hamilton• August 19, 2011

Vladimir Putin stated on January 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony."

By Katie Sanders• January 19, 2014

National Organization for Marriage stated on February 05, 2011 in a mailing to Rhode Island voters:

"Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage."

By Peter Lord• February 10, 2011

Tony Perkins stated on June 30, 2013 in a TV interview:

"We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail."

By Amy Sherman• July 8, 2013

Ralph Reed stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.

By Julie Kliegman• April 22, 2014

Basic Rights Oregon stated on October 12, 2010 in an e-mail:

Says Republican candidates in Oregon are "advocating violence" against gays.

By Ian K. Kullgren• October 28, 2010

Tom Scott stated on February 08, 2011 in a mayoral debate:

A 2005 gay pride vote "had nothing to do with discrimination."

By Lee Logan• February 21, 2011

Sean Patrick Maloney stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."

By Dan Clark• August 15, 2016

MoveOn.org stated on April 05, 2008 in an e-mail message:

McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 15, 2008

Bloggers stated on October 09, 2016 in :

"As a 27 year old staff attorney for the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation, Hillary Rodham was fired by her supervisor, lifelong Democrat Jerry Zeifman. When asked why Hillary Rodham was fired, Zeifman said in an interview, ‘Because she was a liar. She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer, she conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the Committee, and the rules of confidentiality.’"

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2018

Chain email stated on August 31, 2008 in a chain e-mail:

"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."

By Robert Farley• September 9, 2008

AlternativePAC stated on September 25, 2016 in an online ad:

Says Dick Cheney "supported gay marriage sooner" than Hillary Clinton.

By Alan Gathright• September 8, 2016

Rick Perry stated on May 06, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council:

Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.

By Sue Owen• May 22, 2013

Stacey Campfield stated on January 26, 2012 in an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”:

AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."

By Zack McMillin• February 3, 2012

Marco Rubio stated on October 24, 2010 in a U.S. Senate debate on CNN’s “State of the Union.”:

Charlie Crist "attacks me for positions he held, like, six months ago, (when) he was running in the Republican primary."

By Aaron Sharockman• October 24, 2010

Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in a Web article:

Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships."

By Robert Farley• April 15, 2008

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