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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:19 PM Nov 2012

Ohio Senate Candidate Josh Mandel Slammed by In-Laws

Source: ABC News

Ohio Senate Candidate Josh Mandel Slammed by In-Laws
By Colleen Curry
Nov 6, 2012 2:48pm

There couldn’t be a worse time for trouble with the in-laws for Senate candidate Josh Mandel of Ohio.

Mandel, a Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and has come out swinging for conservative values, including opposition to gay marriage and gay military members.

But Mandel’s views are, apparently, unpopular with those closest to him, as members of his wife’s extended family expressed in a letter penned to the Cleveland Leader Monday.

“Four years ago you came into our family. We still remember the excitement surrounding your wedding, and how happy our family members were as they described it afterwards,” the letter read. “So we were deeply saddened when you announced during your Oct. 18 debate with Sen. Sherrod Brown that you believe only some people should share this right to marry the person they love, while others should not.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/ohio-senate-candidate-josh-mandel-slammed-by-in-laws/

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Ohio Senate Candidate Josh Mandel Slammed by In-Laws (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2012 OP
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. KamaAina Nov 2012 #1
a friend is a marine - he got a text 2 days ago - 'semper fi' josh mandel toby jo Nov 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Nov 2012 #3
Seems that Young Josh threw some relatives under the bus on this issue... Ken Burch Nov 2012 #4
Ouch his own family azurnoir Nov 2012 #5
the family probably got the guy more votes among the homophobic right wing nuts. olddad56 Nov 2012 #6
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
1. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:20 PM
Nov 2012


I saw him at a disability forum held in Columbus in September. He's a smarmy little weasel in the Eric Cantor mold.

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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
4. Seems that Young Josh threw some relatives under the bus on this issue...
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:59 PM
Nov 2012

(from the link)

“Your cousins, Ellen Ratner and Cholene Espinoza, are among the many wonderful couples whose rights you do not recognize,” the letter read. “Their wedding, like yours, was a beautiful and happy occasion for all of us in our family. It hurts us that you would embrace discrimination against them and countless other loving couples in Ohio and around the country.

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