Politician shamed into shunning anti-LGBT law by gay daughter's Facebook plea

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‘Hate has no place in public policy.’

A politician removed his name from a ‘vile’ anti-gay bill seeking to reclassify same-sex marriages as ‘parody’ unions after a plea from his gay daughter.

Christel also accused her Republican father of encouraging a ‘polarizing political stunt,’ and ended her missive ‘Shame on you.’In an accompanying caption, she described herself as a ‘proud member of Kansas City’s LGBTQ+ community,’ and said she was ‘personally offended’ by the legislation, and her father’s part in it.

Christel Highland wrote this letter imploring her father to drop his support for the anti-LGBT bill, and has since spoken of her delight at her father’s decision to back down

 

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