Iowa Governor: No Link Between Anti-gay Rhetoric and Murder of Gay Kid

Yeah. You know what? If your political party is going to make hay at the expense of gay people, their rights and their lives, your party needs to own it, when bad things happen.

Marcellus Andrews, killed in
anti-gay attack in Iowa.
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Iowa Governor: No Link Between Recent Fatal Anti-Gay Attack and Tenor of State's Debate Over Gay Marriage

Prompted by questioning from a reporter, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad commented on the recent murder of Waterloo, Iowa teen Marcellus Andrews, who was beaten to death by a group of people who preceded their attack with anti-gay slurs. . .

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