There was a time that Mitt Romney tried to pick up the support of the LGBT community when he ran for office. But this time, a leading advocate for LGBT rights is publicly calling for Romney to fire a key member of his fundraising team whom the Advocate recently reported “has a record of antigay activities.”
The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s largest LGBT rights groups and a backer of President Obama’s reelection bid, is calling on Romney to fire Frank VanderSloot, Romney’s national finance chair and a major donor to Romney’s super-PAC. HRC says VanderSloot “helped bankroll the Prop 8 campaign, and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-LGBT causes.”
The group has launched a web petition calling for VanderSloot’s firing. More on what LGBT advocates are upset about when it comes to VanderSloot from the Advocate:
VanderSloot, a wealthy Idaho businessman, has an antigay history that includes a billboard campaign condemning Idaho Public Television for showing the award-winning documentaryIt’s Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School.
