{"id":506038,"date":"2018-11-28T02:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T02:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/matt-whitaker\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:46","slug":"matt-whitaker","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/matt-whitaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Whitaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com\/2018\/11\/new-acting-ag-defended-mans-right-to-call-lgbtq-people-the-gaystapo-and-the-enemy-as-religious-beliefs\/\">Defended<\/a> a newspaper editor who harshly attacked the LGBTQ community in a personal blog post.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c4450216\/matt-whitaker&amp;start=52%E2%80%9D\">Moderated<\/a> a panel on \u201cmarriage, abortion &amp; social issues\u201d that featured viciously anti-LGBTQ activists from the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage; referred to them as a \u201cgreat group of culture warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=nZ43nGcT7RE\">Insists<\/a> marriage is a state issue and opposed changing the federal tax code to accommodate same-sex couples. 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