{"id":505915,"date":"2016-12-06T17:33:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T17:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/mary-fallin\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:50","slug":"mary-fallin","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/mary-fallin\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Fallin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014<\/span>As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>, co-sponsored three consecutive constitutional amendments that prohibited marriage equality, voted against LGBTQ-inclusive hate crimes legislation, voted against LGBTQ-inclusive Employment Nondiscrimination Act, and voted against the repeal of the military\u2019s discriminatory \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d policy.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Stopped processing<\/a> all military spouse benefit applications so that her state would not have to recognize same-sex spouses.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Highlighted<\/a> opposition to marriage equality as \u201cthe longtime tradition of the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Signed an unnecessary law<\/a> which stated that religious leaders can refuse to perform a marriage ceremony that goes against their religious beliefs (a right all religious leaders already possess).<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>Condemned<\/a> the Obama administration for protecting bathroom and locker room access for transgender students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":505916,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[],"hashtag":[138636,138632],"class_list":{"0":"post-505915","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"hashtag-anti-transgender","8":"hashtag-politics"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t