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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 12:37 AM Jun 2016

CNN's Anderson Cooper grills Florida AG Bondi over gay rights record [View all]

Source: CNN

Bondi in 2014 had argued in court filings that recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states would "impose significant public harm" to the people of Florida.

On Tuesday, she sought to defend those words, telling Cooper she was simply seeking to uphold the state constitution.

"That's what I was defending," she said. "It had nothing to do ... I've never said I don't like gay people. That's ridiculous."
Cooper pressed on.

"But you were arguing (in court) that gay marriage -- if there was gay marriage, if there was same-sex marriage -- that would do harm to the people of Florida, to Florida society," he said. "Are you saying you do not believe it would do harm to Florida?"


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/14/politics/pam-bondi-anderson-cooper-gay-rights-orlando/index.html

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