{"id":505979,"date":"2017-01-25T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/heather-wilson\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","slug":"heather-wilson","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/heather-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/story?id=2611988\">Said<\/a> she does not \u201capprove of\u201d homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/04\/19\/heather-wilson-al-franken-gay-bullying_n_1437338.html\">Attacked<\/a> an anti-LGBT bullying bill on the basis that teasing is just a part of a child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2006\/roll378.xml\">Voted<\/a> for a federal amendment to the US Constitution banning marriage equality for same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a 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