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Gays want demint to apologize
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Edited | Joshua L. Oct 05, 2004 05:13pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Charleston Post and Courier |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 5, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Several gay organizations were unable Monday to get an apology from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim DeMint, who said Sunday that known homosexuals should not get teaching jobs in South Carolina's schools.
One request came from the Log Cabin Republicans, a national organization of gay conservatives who called DeMint's position "out of touch."
"At a minimum he should issue a formal apology for the comment," said former Charleston County solicitor David Schwacke, who is gay and leads the Charleston chapter of the Log Cabin group, which has about 50 members.
Schwacke and other Log Cabin Republicans said DeMint has taken a stance that contradicts a view held by Ronald Reagan, who as former governor of California in 1977 spoke out against a ballot initiative that would outlaw hiring gay teachers in that state. Reagan's stance helped create the Log Cabin Republicans as a political outreach for gays.
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