$120,000

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum
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That’s the total amount the State of Florida paid to George Alan Rekers, disgraced co-founder of the Family Research Council, for his expert testimony on the evils of homosexuality.

We’d originally reported that Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (and now leading gubernatorial candidate) publicly disclosed $60,000 paid to Rekers. But it turns out that was just the retainer. Florida paid him about another $60,000 for billable hours.

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