Are gay rights groups warming up to Chuck Hagel?

Reblogged from MSNBC:

Chuck Hagel, nominated by President Obama for Secretary of Defense on Monday, has come under fire from gay rights groups for his remarks about James Hormel, nominated in 1998 by Bill Clinton to be the ambassador to Luxembourg.

At the time, the moderate Republican senator from Nebraska criticized Hormel for being “openly aggressively gay” and questioned his ability to do an “effective job.”

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One Response to Are gay rights groups warming up to Chuck Hagel?

  1. Julie King says:

    Barney Frank is a pragmatist. If the hard right is against Hagel, he must be okay and let’s give him benefit of the doubt. Meanwhile continue to school him. These congressmen need educating as much or more than regular citizens– and 98 is a long way from today, how great it is to know that at least a few people have become more enlightened over the last few years.

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