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Wisconsin's leading anti-gay crusader admits same-sex attraction
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| Last Edited | Penguin May 16, 2012 08:49pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, May 17, 2012 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a recent interview with The Cap Times, the director of Wisconsin’s leading anti-gay organization acknowledged feeling same-sex attraction, calling it universal.
“There’s not a person alive who hasn’t said, ‘Well, I wonder’ (about my sexual orientation),” said Julaine Appling, head of Wisconsin Family Action, in response to reporter Jack Craver’s question, “Have you ever felt … same-sex attraction.”
“It’s a natural part of the maturation process,” Appling went on to say. But Appling also insisted that people can leave “gay lifestyles.”
“It’s not a life sentence,” she told Craver.
Appling declined WiG’s request for an interview.
Appling’s answer offered rare insight into the paradox between her personal and public lives. As head of WFA, Appling considers herself the state’s leading “defender” of marriage, by which she means the leading opponent of legal recognition for same-sex relationships.
Appling led the effort to take the issue of same-sex marriage to Wisconsin voters, who outlawed it in 2006. She is currently pursuing a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the state’s domestic partner registry law. |
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