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Rep. Marsha Looper's (R-El Paso) campaign manager Lana Fore-Warkocz was so pleased with her boss's voting against Colorado's civil unions bill last month that she sent out an e-mail praising Looper for her vote even though she has a gay son -- unfortunately outing Looper's son in the process, according to The Denver Post.

"God is truly to be praised for Marsha Looper because she also has a homosexual son," Fore-Warkcoz e-mail to El Paso's voters read, the Advocate reports. "Praise God!" Fore-Warkcoz goes on to write in the e-mail, celebrating Looper for amending Senate Bill 2 to "protect" religious organizations "from harm."

But Looper wasn't pleased with the e-mail saying to The Denver Post, "I'm very, very disappointed. I am disappointed that my campaign manager forwarded an e-mail that would include any member of my family in policy discussions." Looper went on to say that the personal lives of her family members should not be part of the discussion of her campaign or any other campaign.

Read The Denver Post's entire story here.

Looper is the second Republican lawmaker who has a gay son and who also voted against civil unions in Colorado -- during a special legislative session where the civil unions bill was readdressed by the legislature, Rep. Don Coram (R-Montrose) also voted against the civil unions bill despite his having a son, Dee, who is gay.

After the votes were cast and Colorado's civil unions bill died again at the hands of Republicans, Dee Coram told The Denver Post about his disappointment in his father's vote, "I was told by my grandfather, there's always a time to lead and there's always a time to follow. He was given a time to lead, and he didn't do it. He could have and should have been the deciding vote."

Looper and Coram are two of at least four House Republicans that have a gay child, but The Denver Post reports that in the past it has always been an unwritten rule that the lawmaker themselves should be the one to reveal that information to the public.

Don Coram brought up his own gay son during the proceedings himself, to which Dee commented on in Westword saying, "I've always stayed out of the issues, but once it was brought up in the session by my father, he kind of thrust me into the limelight."

However, Looper did not bring up her own gay son during the civil unions vote and he was not covered by local media during the special session either, so it very likely came as a surprise to Looper's constituents who received her campaign manager's e-mail.

Looper criticized the special session in May, but praised the bill's death, the Colorado Statesman reported, "I am disappointed that we had to have a special session in the first place. I think it’s a complete lack of leadership that the bill made it through three committees and then on the last day — and I oppose civil unions — but if the leadership was intent on killing the bill in the first place, it should have gone to State Affairs weeks ago instead of dragging it out like this. I agree with the decision to kill the bill, but I am disappointed in the process.”

Republican Rep. Marsha Looper's Gay Son Outed By Campaign Manager E-mail

That's very sad to read.

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Abdurrafi

This is sad on so many levels. Sad that they are voting to kill my rights to marry and sad because they are killing their own children's rights also. I do not and probably will not ever understand what some people are so scared of regarding gay marriage or civil unions. One day it will happen they need to understand that. But that is just my opinion

soutthpaw

yep it is and we beat this topic to death in the NAACP pastor thread recently. As long as we have religion we will have gender bigots and homophobes.

deafdrummer

Whoops, now, you won't see her son on the stage at the NRC because he'll be in the back behind stage being taught how to eat pussy. Just like Margaret Cho's Assassin DVD on Dick Cheney's daughter.

"Here comes the mango, Mr. Looper! Open your mouth and stick your tongue out like this." (demonstrates with the licking of the mango and rubs her tummy and going "Mmmmm!") "Do it for America!!!"

Foxrac

Yup, I agree.

It is sad for ignorant politician to ignore their gay child.

That why I don't support conservatives anymore.

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Foxrac

Oh yup, I remember, that's very crazy debate that I had seen.

You made point during debate.

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Abdurrafi

It is not just politicians that do the ignoring. I have several friends that have been disowned by family just for being gay. Of course all their families are conservatives so that probably has a lot to do with it,

Foxrac

Yup, I had been disowned by my grandma in past but reunited in 2008 after my grandma apologized about her remark on my sex orientation.

I think it is wrong to disown the child because of sex orientation and some of them end up live on street or foster care.

Alabama is horrible place for GLBT people so I'm sure about same goes to Missouri.

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