from NewsOne published July 18, 2011.
Ask any Republican if they support gay marriage, and you will more than likely get a not-so-affirming response.
…Most Republican, conservative Americans demonstrably reject the idea of legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian citizens.
Until now.
Jeff Angelo, former Iowa state senator is one of the few Republicans a part of a burgeoning movement for marriage equality. Angelo, who served as a senator for 12 years, is the founder of [Iowa] Republicans For Freedom, an organization that stands on a divergent stance among the Republican party in support of gay marriage.
Angelo recently said that his organization is defending the status quo for same-sex marriage in Iowa, which is one of only six states in the country to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian Americans.
Like his GOP cohorts, he once opposed same-sex marriage, but today has a change of heart, and is hoping that his grassroots movement in Iowa will someday be a model for the rest of the country.
…“The opposition [to same-sex marriage] is well organized and gets a lot of media attention, but [I felt] there had to be an alternate group for Republicans that want to say ‘marriage is a great thing to promote, we’re glad that the gay community wants to be married, and we want to be supportive of that in our own political party,’” Angelo told NewsOne.
