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  Bob Vander Plaats: Homosexuality a ‘public health risk’ akin to ‘secondhand smoke’
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Last EditedCOSDem  Apr 10, 2011 08:08pm
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News DateMonday, April 11, 2011 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionIowa’s social conservative groups are working to overturn the state’s marriage equality law, and that includes former gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Iowa Family Leader, who has called homosexuality “a public health risk.”

“If we’re teaching the kids, ‘don’t smoke, because that’s a risky health style,’ the same can be true of the homosexual lifestyle,” Vanderplats told ThinkProgress recently.
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