{"id":506220,"date":"2014-07-30T17:44:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/anthony-verdugo\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:51","slug":"anthony-verdugo","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/anthony-verdugo\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Verdugo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-831bdaa2-7fff-13e9-2984-e03dcb91ef4b\">\u2014Said<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/joemygod.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/quote-of-day-anthony-verdugo.html\"> in reaction to the repeal of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d<\/a>: \u201cIt is a tragic day for our nation when legitimizing sodomy is preferred over the morale and combat-readiness of America\u2019s military. Sadly, those who voted to repeal DADT don\u2019t know that although they won this battle, they have lost the war. The movement to support our Armed Forces is more powerful than ever and will continue to build strength until we win. This cowardly political betrayal of America\u2019s service men and women will not be forgotten on Election Day. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson\u2019s corrupt vote to repeal DADT attacked our troops and dishonored our nation\u2019s founders. Senator Nelson is now partying and laughing now with the extremist fringe group he pandered to, but the people of Florida will remind him of his unfitness to be their senator should he have the temerity to ask them for their vote in the 2012 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-831bdaa2-7fff-13e9-2984-e03dcb91ef4b\">\u2014Defended a local politician\u2019s refusal to sign a pride proclamation by attacking LGBTQ people<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/sfl-mtblog-2011-07-conservative_christian_group_c-story.html\"> as \u201cbigoted extremists\u201d with a \u201ctrue agenda of hate, bigotry, intolerance and discrimination.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-831bdaa2-7fff-13e9-2984-e03dcb91ef4b\">\u2014In a heinous comment in which he expressed hope that controversy surrounding the Boy Scouts might help his organization repeal a nondiscrimination ordinance, Verdugo declared, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=l2MEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA16&amp;lpg=PA16&amp;dq=%22The+Boy+Scouts+is+our+Matthew+Shepard,%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=PRn3uU198Q&amp;sig=gilJlvuF6ab_hzpUjLrlXDpQVBY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=zjTZU5DsJZKgyAT4-IKYCw&amp;ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%22The%20Boy%20Scouts%20is%20our%20Matthew%20Shepard%2C%22&amp;f=false\">the Boy Scouts is our Matthew Shepard<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":506221,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[138565],"hashtag":[138635,138637],"class_list":{"0":"post-506220","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"region-national","8":"hashtag-commentator","9":"hashtag-religion"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.8.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u2014Said in reaction to the repeal of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d: \u201cIt is a tragic day for our nation when legitimizing sodomy is preferred over the morale and combat-readiness of America\u2019s military. 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