Gay man confronts Pawlenty: ‘Do you think I’m a second class citizen?’

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Gay man confronts Pawlenty: ‘Do you think I’m a second class citizen?’

Source: RawReplay
By David Edwards

Republican presidential candidates are having a tough time on the “Soapbox” at the Iowa State Fair this week.

A flustered Mitt Romney told an angry crowd Thursday that he wouldn’t raise taxes on big companies because “corporations are people.”

Tim Pawlenty took to the very same stage Friday where a gay man named Gabe confronted him about his stand against marriage equality.

“I want to address one concern of mine and this is you have not had the courage to stand for me and my friends,” Gabe told Pawlenty. “As a member of the GLBT community, you have not stood for us and that is really hard for me. As someone who supports the National Organization for Marriage, someone that stands for the definition of marriage between one man and one woman, I thought our country was about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for everyone. No exceptions. So, Tim Pawlenty, I want to know, when will you stand up for me?”

More and watch this video from C-SPAN, broadcast Aug. 12, 2011

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/gay-man-confronts-pawlenty-do-you-think-im-a-second-class-citizen/

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Fri Aug-12-11 04:19 PM
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1. Recommend

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Fri Aug-12-11 04:37 PM
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2. Pawlenty? Who?

Just kidding, I know they are scum bags.

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