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Family Research Council slams Anh 'Joseph' Cao for support of gay rights
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 31, 2010 01:01pm |
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| Author | Jonathan Tilove, Times-Picayune |
| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Sunday, October 31, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The conservative Family Research Council Action PAC has launched a last-minute radio ad campaign against Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, R-New Orleans, for his support of gay rights.
Cao faces state Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Democrat, and two other candidates in Tuesday's election.
Cao's "record is dismal on our issues," Tony Perkins, the former Louisiana legislator who heads the Washington-based FRC, said Saturday.
Cao responded that it was "ridiculous" to charge, as the ad campaign does, that his support for homosexual rights came at the expense of religious liberty.
"As a former Jesuit seminarian and practicing Catholic, it is ridiculous to say that I have ever taken a position against religious liberties," Cao said. "I am, however, a champion of human rights and justice for all."
Perkins said Cao was the only Republican candidate targeted with an FRC attack ad this fall. The ad, which has run on New Orleans station WRNO, known as "Rush Radio" because it airs conservative talk-show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, ends with the tag line, "Washington doesn't need more liberal Republicans. Stop Joe Cao on Election Day."
"He's vulnerable," Perkins said of Cao's prospects for a second term. Perkins said he was keeping a close eye on the campaign to determine whether to ramp up the advertising effort before Tuesday.
Perkins said Richmond is also unacceptable to the FRC. "I know Cedric. I served in the Legislature with him," Perkins said. "He'll be no better." |
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