Religion and Politics

He Saw Her Marriage as “Unnatural.” She Called Him “Bigoted.” Now, They Hug.

In The Washington Post, Robert Samuels reports on the close friendship between Bob Vander Plaats, of the social conservative organization The Family Leader, and Donna Red Wing, leader of the LGBT rights group One Iowa. Red Wing said, “I started asking myself, ‘What kind of winners are we going to be?’ We need to change hearts and minds. I’m tired of all the hate.” “There are times when I ask myself, before I put an idea out there, ‘How would Donna receive this?’ Because I love her,” Vander Plaats said. “Not that I’m changing my beliefs.”

Read at The Washington Post

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