Senate race turns to homophobia in Mississippi
Posted on October 18, 2008
Filed Under 365Gay, News
(Jackson, Mississippi) A tight race for Trent Lott’s old U.S. Senate seat is getting nasty, with the Republican incumbent slamming his Democratic challenger in a television ad that uses actors dressed like the Village People to represent a gay rights group.
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