GOProud, a group of gay conservatives, recently endorsed Mitt Romney — a move that angered LGBT activists because of Romney’s position on gay marriage. Now GOProud says progressives, in condemning the endorsement, have crossed the line into hate speech. Their opponents in the LGBT press charge that the group is trying to exploit the very real issue of homophobia for political purposes.
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